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Posted By: arcade

What a cool mystery to get to unravel here.

My only comment here is that the published postcard dated 1905 has a crisper image with far more details.
That's partly why the added player sticks out so bad. My guess is there's some other elements touched up as well, since we get all the details on the ferns, but barely any trace of fixtures in the hallways above them, which are noticeable on the 1903 version here. Maybe it was just touched up for the book, or wasn't taken from a postcard at all.

I wonder if the 1903 has aged, or if it's just a more contrasty printing.