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As I have gotten older, my collecting interests have gotten older also. While doing recent research I realized I had prepared a preliminary checklist of images of the 1869-70 Red Stockings, that might be of interest.
There are several contemporary images, evidencing their importance and popularity. (Some are even affordable). I fully expect there will be additions, and corrections, and I look forward to that. I will attempt to post images of mentioned items, but I have not mastered that yet so they may be in several posts. Sorry.
1. Probably the most famous is a team photo in uniform by Huff of Newark NJ. No doubt taken between June 16 and 18, probably the 18th before their game with Irvington, which is very close to Newark. This photo served many purposes:
a. Woodcut in Harper's July 3, 1869. I list this first since it was the original,purpose of the photo according to Rhodes and Eradi in their excellent First Boys of Summer.
b. Woodcut of the heads from this photo used as a full page illustration in the July 17, 1869 Leslie's.
c. Peck and Snyder trade cards of various sizes and backing, (there is a separate thread with analysis of this )
d. I have also seen a circular composite that appears to be made up of the heads from this also.
2. Large cabinet team photo by Brady taken in Washington DC on June 25, 1869, according to Ellard. See it reproduced on page 167in Ellard, Base Ball in Cincinnati.
3. A cabinet composite photo of players in suits by Hoag of Cincinnati, probably on July 1,1869 when the team was in Cincinnati for a banquet and presentation of a giant bat. See Ellard p. 173. This was used again,
a. With head shots reversed as woodcuts on the 1869 sheet music
b. And for the October 2,1869 New York Clipper woodcut.
4. A woodcut of the presentation of the giant bat in Harper's, July 24,1869. No photo has ever surfaced.
5. I have seen in catalogues and am aware some board members have a cdv composite by D R Towne of Rockford Ill. Of the players in suits surrounding Harry Wright in uniform seated on a chair. I do not know when this was taken, but likely
dates are around July2, 4 or 5,11 or October 15, 1870 when they played Forest City of Rockfrord Ill. Although there were 1869 games, these were very close to to the Hoag photo, and I believe there are 1870 cdv's by Towne of the Forest City team. I thought it was also possible that the suit photos are Hoag photos again repurposed and reversed, but I have been told by someone with the Towne cdv that this is not the case. In any case, the image of Harry Wright in uniform in the center is only the second individual photo I have seen of Harry in uniform, only the third of any player. I believe there will be a Sabr pictorial committee newsletter with the other 2 photos, soon.
6. There is a photo of the Cincinnati and Forest City (Cleveland) teams before a May, 31, 1870 game, but I do not know the details.
7. Finally, there is another Harper's woodcut of the Red Stockings batting against the Atlantics which appeared on July2, 1870.

At least two other images are now known to have been incorrectly identified as the 1869 team -- one entitled "opening day", showing players walking on a field and two, a woodcut from Days Doings from July, 1869 which was described as the first image of the 1869 team in action. However, the same illustration appeared in Leslie's on November 3, 1866 illustrating a different game.

I would love to hear of other images, comments and corrections.