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Old 11-19-2013, 10:50 PM
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Default Tintype: What Sport??
If any? What's up with this guy?
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My first thought is the guy looked like a jockey....dunno.
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Default one more -- what sport?
Any ideas? Here's the reverse image. Columbia C.A.A., which I assume is Columbia Athletic Association. (The guy on the right has "Captain" on his hat).
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My guess is some sort of performer - perhaps he is an actor and that's a role he is performing? The frills on the thing around his waist don't go with any sport I can think of, but that cap he's holding looks like it's from some sport.

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The guy on the right has a death stare
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My first thought also was jockey, but I don't know. Also not sure it's sport. What's that little fence he's holding?
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Acrobat. Is that a hat he's holding or is it actually a pair of soft shoes?

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I don't think his "sport" has ever been covered on ESPN.
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Acrobat. Is that a hat he's holding or is it actually a pair of soft shoes?

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I think you are right about the shoes.

Also, with occupational tintypes like this, there were often odd props that actually had something to do with the occupation;e.g.-possibly that piece of fence.
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I don't think his "sport" has ever been covered on ESPN.
That would make it incredibly rare. When they began I sometimes thought they either invented sports or introduced them to countries just to have something to show.

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Here is an acrobat from a Cowan's auction.

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Looking at the outfit (especially the belt below each knee) makes me wonder if it is a cyclist. I have seen images where early riders would strap their pant legs as to not get caught in the wheels!
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Here's another mystery "team". Rugby?

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Here's another mystery "team". Rugby?

Base ball team. Those guys are just really, really, really small compared to that base ball they're holding.

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Here's another mystery "team". Rugby?
Certainly as good of a guess as any. Neat picture.
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It looks like basketball to me.

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