Billy Mills [Tintype Photograph]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2021.44
Description
A full body tintype portrait, taken by an unknown photographer around the late 19th century. The subject is identified as Billy Mills, "born in Milford; one of Old Town's electricians." This might be William R. Mills, whose occupation on the 1900 census in Milford was listed as electrician and whose birth year was 1876. Regardless, the photographed man is posed in a suit, tie, and hat. He's cleanshaven, though other details of his appearance are hard to discern. He rests his right hand on a prop fencepost against a painted "country" backdrop.