This thread reminded me I once prepared some notes on the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings images (at least as known to me at the time). I include the notes below if anyone is interested, but for this purposes of this thread I wonder if the imperial cabinet referred to in the ad could be the Brady photo and therefore different than the trade card?
notes:
1. Photo by F. L. Huff, 244 Broad street, Newark, NJ, probably taken between June 16 and 18, 1869. This is the famous photo used on the Peck and Snyder trade cards, as well as the Harper's woodcut (July 3, 1869) and the player images in the Leslie's woodcut (July 17, 1869). The photographer is identified in the Harper's woodcut and the date range is the best guess based upon the reference in Rhodes, FIRST BOYS OF SUMMER that the team was approached to arrange a studio sitting after the June 16th game in New York vs the Mutuels. (excellent book by the way). I think June 18 is the most likely date for the photo since the team played an unscheduled game in Irvington Nj (next to Newark) on their way to Philadelphia.
2. Photo taken by Brady in Washington DC between June 25 and 28, 1869. Ellard, in BASEBALL IN CINCINNATI, says the photo was taken when the team played the Nationals, which was June 25, and they stayed in Washington thru the 28th or 29th (see Rhodes). The team was in Cincinnati on July 1 for a banquet (when the giant bat was presented--see Harper's woodcut july 24, 1869).
3. It is likely that at this time (July) Hoag took photos of the players in suits that were then made into a composite (see Ellard p. 173). I also believe these images were reversed for use on the 1869 sheet music and probably for the NY Clipper woodcut (October 9, 1869).
4. There is a circular composite that appears to show the heads from the Huff photo. This can be seen on the heading of OUR GAME blog by John Thorn.
5. I have no info on the color lithograph from the Library of Congress.
Net 54 has other great threads on the priority order of the various Peck and Snyder cards, the only thing I can add is that they they were issued after June 16.
I would love to hear about other images and/or other theories and I apologize if this is old news.
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