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Posted By: barrysloate

It's a curious image and as I said I will try and get it posted this afternoon. The two men are wearing heavy coats similar to those in the Atwater tintype. One of the men has a number on his cap, suggesting perhaps a fireman (many early baseball teams were formed by the men of a fire department). Bit one is clearly holding a baseball, and a bat is lying across both their laps, so there was no mistaken they were ballplayers.