Those are some great early images from the NY Clipper. I’m not aware however of individual player photos and associated bios in the NY Clipper before 1870. Pre 1870 would have been primarily ‘games in progress’ woodcuts with individual photos, team photos (front page) mostly in 1870’s-1880s. I do have an extensive Clipper scrapbook depicting 10-15 players but definitely not the one that Phil is referencing.
The individual player woodcuts are unique to the NY Clipper. Yes there are a handful in Harper’s and Leslie’s along with a few from very obscure publications but nothing like the Clipper in terms of length of its run and subjects (many of which were not HoF).
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Looking for any non-Harper baseball woodcuts
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