Mr Snowman- the photo was discovered in St Louis around 1991. to start Charles Comiskey Played baseball in Dubuque Iowa between 1878-1881--then going on the St Louis to play for the Browns in 1882---Years ago I had a few pleasant conversations with a very professional TV show baseball expert who studied the photo and confirmed my hunch and offered me some money to sell. I was also asked by a collector to bring the photo to Chicago. Years later I posted the photo on Ebay and somehow it came up on Net54. That's when I was thrown under the bus and dragged threw the mud by a few Net54 experts--this dragged on until recently a professional photographer found and pointed out the photo was dated--(81) I found a SABR article/Bio of Joe Quinn. Bingo! Joe Quinn was asked to join Comiskeys team in 1881--this connected the dots--Comiskey was Joe's mentor in 1881 per the article----Quinn had a business and is lay to rest in St Louis--I believe this photo once belonged to Joe Quinn and became lost after his sons passed.
( In 1881 Quinn would be 19 and Comiskey 22 )--if you go thru the link, I was told to hurry up and sell --looking back on this statement I think he was worried he made a error and indeed he had !
I was planning to take the original photo to the national Chicago but the Covid-19 concerned me so I cancelled.--
Last edited by Directly; 01-27-2024 at 06:16 AM.
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