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ramramI just wanted to share a recent purchase and see if anybody had information to help identify this player. This ballplayer is from the Cuban X-Giants team which was the best negro league team from the turn of the century. With the lace-up jersey and quilted pants, I would date this image from the late 1890's (the Cuban X-Giants were around from 1896 to 1907). It appears to be a trimmed cabinet card. What appears to be scratches at the top of the image are actually wires running through the photographer's low-rent studio. Shower curtain type backdrops are hanging from the wires.
I've gotten nowhere on the ID so far since my current resources only have some team images of the Cuban X-Giants after the turn of the century. I took a copy over to the Negro League Museum, here in Kansas City, and I'm hoping they come up with something. I also need to send a copy to SABR for their input. Any thoughts from this board?
