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Originally Posted by Forever Young
Can you please share your exact reference for this?
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Many years ago, I found an obituary for Thompson that stated directly that he was not a photographer. I can't find it at the moment, but I do see obituaries that state that he was a writer who saw the business opportunity and founded the photo agency a few years after graduating from Yale [Thompson died in 1940]. There is no contemporary source that states that Thompson was a photographer, which would be quite odd for someone whose name was so widely published.
If you look at the T205 images, you'll see that each city has its own distinct look, supporting the conjecture that each city was taken by a different photographer. The Philadelphia A's photographer, for example, has many of his subjects look away from the camera; the New York Giants' photographer has everyone stare directly into the lens.
Bain was trained as a wet plate photographer, but he was no longer a photojournalist by the time the Bain agency was active.
Thanks, bgar3. I've been following your posts about your Red Stocking and early baseball collection. Glad you're back.