View Full Version : Tintype: What Sport??
slidekellyslide
11-19-2013, 10:50 PM
If any? What's up with this guy?
thecatspajamas
11-20-2013, 07:30 AM
Fencing? nyuk nyuk :p
My first thought is the guy looked like a jockey....dunno.
bbpostcards
11-20-2013, 09:39 AM
Any ideas? Here's the reverse image. Columbia C.A.A., which I assume is Columbia Athletic Association. (The guy on the right has "Captain" on his hat).
Runscott
11-20-2013, 09:39 AM
My guess is some sort of performer - perhaps he is an actor and that's a role he is performing? The frills on the thing around his waist don't go with any sport I can think of, but that cap he's holding looks like it's from some sport.
Weird.
sycks22
11-20-2013, 10:39 AM
The guy on the right has a death stare
My first thought also was jockey, but I don't know. Also not sure it's sport. What's that little fence he's holding?
ramram
11-20-2013, 12:12 PM
If any? What's up with this guy?
Acrobat. Is that a hat he's holding or is it actually a pair of soft shoes?
Rob M.
frankbmd
11-20-2013, 12:19 PM
I don't think his "sport" has ever been covered on ESPN.;)
Runscott
11-20-2013, 12:20 PM
Acrobat. Is that a hat he's holding or is it actually a pair of soft shoes?
Rob M.
I think you are right about the shoes.
Also, with occupational tintypes like this, there were often odd props that actually had something to do with the occupation;e.g.-possibly that piece of fence.
steve B
11-20-2013, 03:03 PM
I don't think his "sport" has ever been covered on ESPN.;)
That would make it incredibly rare.:rolleyes: When they began I sometimes thought they either invented sports or introduced them to countries just to have something to show.
Steve B
ramram
11-21-2013, 09:41 AM
Here is an acrobat from a Cowan's auction.
Rob M.
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Knucksie1
12-02-2013, 09:47 AM
Looking at the outfit (especially the belt below each knee) makes me wonder if it is a cyclist. I have seen images where early riders would strap their pant legs as to not get caught in the wheels!
baseball tourist
12-02-2013, 10:11 AM
Here's another mystery "team". Rugby?
http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q612/Jays9293/1229951C-FDF7-4377-AD94-41897DDCBB01_zpsjgqgzoma.png (http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/Jays9293/media/1229951C-FDF7-4377-AD94-41897DDCBB01_zpsjgqgzoma.png.html)
ramram
12-02-2013, 02:31 PM
Here's another mystery "team". Rugby?
http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q612/Jays9293/1229951C-FDF7-4377-AD94-41897DDCBB01_zpsjgqgzoma.png (http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/Jays9293/media/1229951C-FDF7-4377-AD94-41897DDCBB01_zpsjgqgzoma.png.html)
Base ball team. Those guys are just really, really, really small compared to that base ball they're holding.
Rob M.
Here's another mystery "team". Rugby?
Certainly as good of a guess as any. Neat picture.
Old Hoss
12-02-2013, 08:15 PM
It looks like basketball to me.
-Charles