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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 55542, member: 44&quot;]Scout, you may be right on this being a western bib front shirt. There is speculation that Billy the Kid was wearing a bid front shirt with an anchor in that bedraggled/disheveled tin-type of him. </p><p><br /></p><p>Scroll a good 2/3rds of the way down the following page to the section &quot;Photo At a Glance&quot; - 3rd sentence:</p><p><a href="http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/history/history/history-features/4186-the-holy-grail-for-sale" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/history/history/history-features/4186-the-holy-grail-for-sale" rel="nofollow">http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/history/history/history-features/4186-the-holy-grail-for-sale</a></p><p><br /></p><p>2nd reply:</p><p><a href="http://shootists.websitetoolbox.com/post/billy-the-kids-shirt-421679" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://shootists.websitetoolbox.com/post/billy-the-kids-shirt-421679" rel="nofollow">http://shootists.websitetoolbox.com/post/billy-the-kids-shirt-421679</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The following site, <i>True West</i>, presumably has a page/article on &quot;Billy the Kid&#039;s Fireman Shirt&quot; which presumably had an anchor on the bib; however, the site is &quot;<font face="Tahoma"><font size="5">under maintenance.&quot; </font></font>Here is a little bit I could glean when Googled: &quot;Oct 16, 2013 - October 16, 2013 Worked this morning on the <i>Kid&#039;s</i> bibbed <i>shirt</i>. Sent up ... We can see the piping on <i>Billy&#039;s fireman shirt</i> clearly in the tintype:.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Billy+the+Kid%27s+Fireman%27s+shirt&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=8gBKVcSjE4_hsAS5x4HoBw&amp;ved=0CB4QsAQ&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=700&amp;dpr=0.8#imgrc=t4lDPSqnx3IYYM%253A%3BME7IRo7rT644TM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimg0104.popscreencdn.com%252F155664265_vintage-anchor-pirate-ship-bay-sailing-tee-t-shirt.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Ftruewest.ning.com%252Fprofiles%252Fblogs%252Fbilly-the-kid-s-fireman-shirt%3B320%3B320" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Billy+the+Kid%27s+Fireman%27s+shirt&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=8gBKVcSjE4_hsAS5x4HoBw&amp;ved=0CB4QsAQ&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=700&amp;dpr=0.8#imgrc=t4lDPSqnx3IYYM%253A%3BME7IRo7rT644TM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimg0104.popscreencdn.com%252F155664265_vintage-anchor-pirate-ship-bay-sailing-tee-t-shirt.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Ftruewest.ning.com%252Fprofiles%252Fblogs%252Fbilly-the-kid-s-fireman-shirt%3B320%3B320" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=Billy+the+Kid's+Fireman's+shirt&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=8gBKVcSjE4_hsAS5x4HoBw&amp;ved=0CB4QsAQ&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=700&amp;dpr=0.8#imgrc=t4lDPSqnx3IYYM%3A;ME7IRo7rT644TM;http%3A%2F%2Fimg0104.popscreencdn.com%2F155664265_vintage-anchor-pirate-ship-bay-sailing-tee-t-shirt.jpg;http%3A%2F%2Ftruewest.ning.com%2Fprofiles%2Fblogs%2Fbilly-the-kid-s-fireman-shirt;320;320</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://truewest.ning.com/profiles/blogs/billy-the-kid-s-fireman-shirt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://truewest.ning.com/profiles/blogs/billy-the-kid-s-fireman-shirt" rel="nofollow">http://truewest.ning.com/profiles/blogs/billy-the-kid-s-fireman-shirt</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These bib/shield front shirts were also called firemen shirts, etc. They were popular in the Victorian age with firemen, militia, bands and westerners.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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