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Originally Posted by spec
The player seated at far right as we view your team picture could be Dude Estabrook, the player whose portrait you posted separately. Close-set eyes and ears seem consistent, as does size (Estabrook was 5-11).
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The aforementioned collector referred me to this photo because he knew I collected Esterbrook items. The J Wood photo is Esterbrook.
Baseball reference only has stats for him going back to 1880 with Buffalo at age 23. The bib uniforms make this cabinet earlier than 1880 I think. Esterbrook played for Westfield NJ in 1892, but these uniforms are not a fit, as was pointed out to me. I'm guessing a town starting with "W" near Brooklyn. I looked on the "threads of the game" site and did not see this uniform. They have done some exceptional research in the past.