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Kevin OIt really is a nice image. All I can do is speak to the Troy/Lansingburgh reference. I recognize none of the players from any of the local Troy/Lansingburgh clubs of the 1860s through the 1880s. I probably haven't seen as many local club images as Barry, but I have seen a lot of them. I can tell you, however, that the crest you pointed out was popular among clubs in this part of NYS in the late 1860s and 1870s. I've seen something similiar on at least two other team images. I'll see if I can locate those in my database.
That particular troy CDV is of the young pitcher Andrew McQuade; I know this not only from Rucker's designation, but because I've seen an 1866 team image with the names engraved into the matting. I'm curious why this image is always dated 1867--McQuade was killed in November of 1866. He was hit by a train while he sat in his coach on an Albany crossing. So even if the final was produced in 1867, the image was shot no later than November 1866.