19th Century Baseball

[John V]

Can anyone share or point me to photos of the Rockford Forest Cities team of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871-1875)?

[bcbgcbrcb]

This one is 1870 but the best I can do..........

[GaryPassamonte]

A slightly different version of Phil's. The Spalding image is different. I also know of a different composite version of the 1870 team, an 1869-70 conventional pose, an 1869 standing pose, and an 1871 composite featuring Cap Anson. SABR's 1984 19th century pictorial issue of the National Pastime, as well as Mark Rucker's book about baseball CdVs would be sources for all but one of these images. The 1869-70 pose is lot# 323 in Mastro's 11/2001 auction.

[bmarlowe1]

This one appears in the Arcadia book 19th Century Baseball in Chicago.

[GaryPassamonte]

Here are two of the images I listed. The only remaining FC team image I'm aware of, that hasn't been posted here, is the "standing" pose from 1869. It is shown on pg. 14 of the 1984 National Pastime issued by SABR.
The image Mark posted from 1871 is the only one I know from the 1871-1875 NA period. As a footnote, the Rockford Forest Cities only played in the NA in 1871. I believe they disbanded in 1872.