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Posted By: packs

just picked up this tintype and was looking for some opinions or guesses from experts. there isn't anything printed on the back identifying what state or town the photo is from. the image is very bold and the original paper frame is fully intact. really cool piece. what i was hoping to get some opinions on was whether or not you guys think these are perhaps organized league players. not quite professional but maybe some sort of traveling team? the equipment they have, from what i can see, looks to be of high quality. the bat looks professionally made and not home fashioned, and the ball the other gentlemen is holding appears to be of quality too. i was thinking maybe they're on opposing teams? they kind of looks like uniforms to me and not just clothes. to me the men look like ball players and not the village butcher or doctor. what do you guys think? any date approximations? my guess is early 1870s.

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