Historical Personages Who Survived Long Enough To Be Captured On Camera

Billy the Kid

One of the most infamous gunmen of the American Old West, Henry McCarty, or “Billy the Kid,” was born in 1859. Before his own death at age 21 in 1881, he killed eight other people.

Billy The Kid

Abraham Lincoln

The 16th president of the United States was born in 1809 and is widely considered to be among the most lauded politicians in American history. When this picture was taken, Lincoln was 37 years old and on his way to Washington D.C. as a lawyer and a congressman. The image is the earliest known photograph of him.

Abraham Lincoln