Just to clarify my stance on both issues, as some people seem to either hand mistaken or intentionally distorted it, I don't believe we have enough evidence to state that the purported Knickerbocker's photo is indeed a photo of them. I would want to see more photos of the players and understand more of the history before making that determination, and unfortunately, we may never get that. For now, I just see some pretty remarkable resemblances and have pointed out the fact that having several of the subjects all with high resemblances to Knickerbockers make it statistically more likely that it is a photo of them. But that does not mean it is and I wouldn't wager money on it unless I were getting style extremely compelling odds.
With the George Wright photo, I would say that I'm 98% confident that this is indeed a photo of George Wright and I would be happy to wager good money on it. The resemblances of numerous unique features is just far too similar and situationally, everything lines up perfectly; timeline wise, location wise, and even the fact that the photographer himself was well known for taking photos of the players. This photographer almost certainly took a photo of Wright at some point given their respective backgrounds and locations. And the resemblances are simply uncanny.
I'm dead serious about accepting bets on the Wright photo. If you want to put your money where your mouth is, send me a PM and we'll work out the terms.
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