Found one of the best alleged photos of Billy the Kid.

[Mentolis]

[Karl.Draeger649]

It does look like him with the ears, eyes, mouth, nose all being almost identical. Plus, the tilted head. Defo a convincing one.

[cassandra jane]

Oct 4, 2022 17:19:45 GMT -5 Mentolis said:

Possibly the first time I’ve genuinely gone 😮 First instinct would be pushing it towards the yes pile.

[DanJohno]

I absolutely love this photo. It looks like Billy and it looks like Brushy. I know Michael Anthony Giudicissi doesn't believe Brushy was Billy but I do like that he is revealing alot of new photos and talking about them.

[Ernst]

Yes there are many photos that looks like him...but as Michael Anthony Giudicissi says...look at the ears. We are thinking the same there...if the earlobes are attached it cant be Billy...the ears does not change form like that...just can grow bigger by age. Billys ears on the tintype seem to have detached earlobes and they are pointing out alot all the way around...not just on the top.
Brushy had big ears but they are not detached at the bottom....just some fraction. There are pics of him from a sidewiew and from there its very clear.

[mckinley412]

That is a great match for Brushy ears and to have a better understanding of the Billy tintype ears and the black spots and blurriness of it and/or hair that distorts the famous pic you could inspect it best by seeing the hd blow up at the courthouse. I’ve posted some photos under ‘ears’ on this site but they were made with a cheap camera. It’s likely that Billy’s ears were not as detached as some believe.

[mckinley412]

Is there any provenance on this photo?

[mckinley412]

The comparison by Cassandra Jones is showing a touched up image of Billy. It’s hard to say what the actual details of ears or anything was in real life.