Old A's photo - Help identifying- Thx
 

this old photo has been in my family for my whole life. It hung at our lake house in Starlight lake, Pennsylvania growing up in the 60's and when we moved to California, it came off the wall with us and eventually ended up with me :) I recently found out the photo came with the lake house itself when it was purchased.

Can anyone help identify this. They look extremely young to be a pro team but I am not sure. Hoping someone is a Athletics expert Ive done a fair amount of surfing and looking at photos and team roster sizes and matching face images and just cant come up with a common denominator. Thank you in advance for any input. Sincerely, Bill

It's not necessarily an "Athletics" team. Even if you confine it just to Pennsylvania teams, there are a number of minor league possibilities based just on team nicknames, and probably many other semi-pro and town teams besides these:

Reading PA Aces 1921
Reading PA Aces 1922
Reading PA Actives 1883
Reading PA Actives 1884
Reading PA Actives 1889
Reading PA Actives 1892
Reading PA Actives 1893
Reading PA Actives 1894
Reading PA Actives 1895
Reading PA Actives 1897
Reading PA Actives 1899
Carbondale PA Anthracites 1895
Pottsville PA Anthracites 1883
Reading PA Anthracites 1902
Oil City PA A's 1951
Sunbury PA A's 1950
Williamsport PA A's 1953
Philadelphia PA Athletics 1881


I'm not saying all of those are possibilities, as the dates certainly rule most out, but just to give you an idea. Glancing at a map, I see that Carbondale is close by, and it looks like they have a 50+ year gap between "official" minor league teams during which time I'm sure they didn't just stop fielding teams, so that's where I would start. Maybe post closer scans of the equipment and their hats (can't quite make out the letter there, is it also an 'A'?) to see if anyone can narrow down the time frame. It's a neat photo, and I look forward to seeing what you are able to find out.