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Posted By: Michael Blaisdell

Early hobby publications initially thought it was Edgar Allen, but he had completed his playing days in 1891. Both John and Nielson played during the mid 1890’s at about the time the Mayo set was issued. After researching team photographs from the period, I believe the Poe in the Mayo set is Nielson Poe. I used the 1894 Princeton team photo for my comparison:



I also imagine the photo of the brothers was taken some time after their playing days as I believe the youngest brother last played in 1899.