historical western photos

 

This is our tintype of a young William Howard Taft. It originally came from a Vermont photo album . It was marked Willy Taft. He did have relatives in Vermont. His eyes, chin, ears match up and serious focused expression was already present as a young boy.   A tintype of a boy who would be President of the U.S.A.  You can read more about Taft at the link below.. 

                             http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft