The things that point to it being baseball are: - The person in the background is crouching in a position and at a distance a catcher would have been doing in this time period
- The stick the person in the foreground is holding appears to have been "worked" rather than naturally occurring (it looks to be smooth, slightly tapered, and rounded)
- The clothes the person in the foreground is wearing (the striped pants, high socks, and white shirt with a kerchief/tie) are in line with a baseball player of this time
- The brick placed in the position it is in strikes me as an impromptu "home plate" used for the pose -- which is why I don't think this is an "action" shot but adds to why I do think it is a posed shot of a batter and catcher
The OP said the second photo "appears to be the same player with a group of people" so it is only a "baseball" tintype if you accept that this is a baseball uniform and that a baseball tintype is one that has any baseball content at all.
I suppose something else could be happening but I wouldn't speculate on what else that could be.
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Last edited by molenick; 02-24-2022 at 03:26 PM.
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