Posted By:
Bruce Babcock
J.U. Stead cabinet of unknown New York player (1892?)
N566 Newsboy cabinet of Doyle (1895)
I picked up this J.U.Stead cabinet at the National. The card does not identify the player nor is there a hand-written identification. The Stead closely resembles the N566 Newsboy cabinet series.
The 2005 SCD Catalog identifies the Stead cabinets as an 1892 issue but checklists only three players, all New York - Connor, Keeler and Tiernan. I don't believe that this player is one of those three. I have a guess and have talked to a couple of veteran collectors who aren't sure. There seems to be agreement that subjects beyond the three checklisted exist.
The 1892 New York roster lists Keeler & Tiernan but not Connor.
The 1893 New York roster lists lists all three.
The 1894 New York roster lists lists Connor & Tiernan.
The 1895 New York roster lists Tiernan only.
The 1896 New York roster lists Tiernan only.
Other possibilities on the 1893 roster include Doyle, Ward, Davis, Fuller, Burke, Stafford, Lyons, Milligan, Wilson, Kelley, McMahon,
Howe & Kinsler + Rusie, Baldwin, German, Crane, Petty, King, Davies, Schmit, Foreman, Donahue, Sigsby and Jones.
Any thoughts, anyone?
The only other Stead cabinet I've found so far, from the New York Public Library collection.