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Post by Wayne Land on Jan 19, 2015 17:20:43 GMT -5
The Luna family has a fiddle passed down through the family. The children were always told if the house catches fire save the fiddle, it belonged to the Kid.  I believe this is an authentic photo of Billy The Kid. Note the man sitting at the right side is identified a John Abels. The woman he later married, Martile Abels (sp?) was the one who identified Brushy as the real Billy The Kid. |
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Post by Texas Truth Teller on Aug 10, 2016 17:43:47 GMT -5
Was this photo bought at a flea market? What is the provenance? What are the names of the individuals in the picture? Which one do you think is Billy the Kid? Where was the photograph taken? When was the photograph taken? Who sent you the photograph? Who typed in the information at the bottom of the picture? When was that information added?
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Post by RonBk on Apr 29, 2021 17:41:28 GMT -5
The Luna family has a fiddle passed down through the family. The children were always told if the house catches fire save the fiddle, it belonged to the Kid. View AttachmentI believe this is an authentic photo of Billy The Kid. Note the man sitting at the right side is identified a John Abels. The woman he later married, Martile Abels (sp?) was the one who identified Brushy as the real Billy The Kid. I agree this could very well be a photo of Billy the Kid. Its very interesting that John Able is in the photo. Furthermore I must say that the person to the right of Billy that is identified as Jesse Evans indeed look very much similar to other purported photos of Jesse. Since Billy is holding a fiddle here I got to thinking about this other photo where supposedly Pat Garrett is playing the fiddle. How do you feel abouth this? Im thinking that the fellow that stands right next to Garrett looks very much like a young Brushy.  |
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Post by MissyS on Sept 3, 2022 22:35:03 GMT -5
The Luna family has a fiddle passed down through the family. The children were always told if the house catches fire save the fiddle, it belonged to the Kid. View AttachmentI believe this is an authentic photo of Billy The Kid. Note the man sitting at the right side is identified a John Abels. The woman he later married, Martile Abels (sp?) was the one who identified Brushy as the real Billy The Kid. I agree this could very well be a photo of Billy the Kid. Its very interesting that John Able is in the photo. Furthermore I must say that the person to the right of Billy that is identified as Jesse Evans indeed look very much similar to other purported photos of Jesse. Since Billy is holding a fiddle here I got to thinking about this other photo where supposedly Pat Garrett is playing the fiddle. How do you feel abouth this? Im thinking that the fellow that stands right next to Garrett looks very much like a young Brushy. View AttachmentHmm 🤔 Does this photo of the dancing Billy lookalike have any provenance? I agree he does look like a young Brushy, and the young man dancing with him looks kinda like Tom O’Folliard. I wonder where it was taken and more about it   |
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Post by RonBk on Sept 3, 2022 23:49:40 GMT -5
I was actually referring to the other guy who is closest to Garrett. It seems strange not one of these boys have a smile on their face. They all look kind of nervous? Perhaps they are being held at gunpoint?
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Post by MissyS on Sept 4, 2022 2:00:07 GMT -5
I was actually referring to the other guy who is closest to Garrett. It seems strange not one of these boys have a smile on their face. They all look kind of nervous? Perhaps they are being held at gunpoint? Oh I apologize, ronnback I thought you were referring to the other man. The one next to Garrett does have similarities to Brushy as well looking closer. I wish he wasn’t turned, it’s a funny photo, I wonder what the story was? Maybe all the ladies left early, or maybe it’s some kind of dance lesson? Some of the men look bored. A bachelor party maybe?   |
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Post by paddyrobertstx on Sept 6, 2022 7:13:38 GMT -5
frequently if a group were away from a town then someone having a fiddle would pass the evenings. may well be that in certain towns the majority of females were all married and not available for dancing. or its a staged pic for a group of friends
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Post by MissyS on Sept 7, 2022 13:38:04 GMT -5
The Luna family has a fiddle passed down through the family. The children were always told if the house catches fire save the fiddle, it belonged to the Kid. View AttachmentI believe this is an authentic photo of Billy The Kid. Note the man sitting at the right side is identified a John Abels. The woman he later married, Martile Abels (sp?) was the one who identified Brushy as the real Billy The Kid. Looking at the possible Billy the Kid in the photo Wayne posted, I see a resemblance also with the man in the photo and one particular photo of Brushy Bill   |
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Post by Ernst on Nov 21, 2022 16:16:36 GMT -5
Well...i dont think this young guy has anything to do with neither of the Billys...
The fiddlething seems a bit strange as well...i cant find any sources that says that Billy was a fiddleplayer. He was on the run for the most of his life and could not bring a fiddle and when did he learn to play? If he grew up in N Y in a poor environment there were a very slim chance for him to get lessons and a violin to practice on. I think its just some guys playing and dancing in that photo...not Billy and his friends. Are there any papertrail to connect it to people from Lincoln or Fort Sumner?
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