The Knickerbockers -- Now In Living Color!

[SteveS]

Hi all. Many of you will remember the stereoview photograph I posted before that I believe depicts members of the Knickerbockers, baseball's founding team. After reading the comments on the previous posts and taking into account the suggestions of others, I ran the photo through a colorizing program. That helped distinguish between shadows and actual facial characteristics, and made it much easier to pin down the identifications. I know from previous experience there will be skeptics, but I think the evidence presented here is pretty compelling. The players are Edward Anthony, Doc Adams, William R. Wheaton, Fraley C. Niebuhr, Charles S. DeBost, and Harry Wright.

[SteveS]

Here are half-and-half comparisons, using the left side from one photo and the right from the other. Again, it seems pretty compelling that they came from the same people.

[oldjudge]

With that kind of compelling evidence there should be several of the major auction houses contacting you soon. I hope to someday see this piece on the cover of a major catalog.

[mrreality68]

Wow and/or
Drop the Mic

[rhettyeakley]

This again?

[slightlyrounded]

You’ve got a million reasons to convince yourself this is the Knickerbockers but literally no provable who, when, where, what or why. Confirmation bias at its finest.

[Lucas00]

I can see this on pawn stars next year.

"Maybe it is the knickerbockers. But you heard what my expert said. The faces don't match up, the bone structure comparison is all wacky. And I don't sell items that dont have a 100% guarantee. Period."

[doug.goodman]

Why are there three separate threads about the same subject?

The original thread :
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=295178

The second thread :
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=307403


And add me to list of those who are not seeing much (if any) of the 'proof' needed to convince me of the identities of those in the photo(s).

Doug

[Baseball Rarities]

Which image is Harry Wright?

[SteveS]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Which image is Harry Wright?

The last two in the first post (and the last one in the second).

[oldjudge]

Actually, the guy seated at right looks a lot like one of the Smith Brothers. According to the box his name was Mark 🤣. The time period fits.

[sphere and ash]

I just erased my reply, having misread yours. The identification of Edward as a Knick just doesn’t seem supportable to me. You might try contacting Peter.

[SteveS]

Originally Posted by sphere and ash

At the top of the thread, you identify the subject as Edward, but immediately above as Henry. My comments were meant to imply that the identification of Edward would make little sense since there is no evidence that he was a member. If Henry, the questions about the mount still stand.

No, I didn't identify him as Henry. I mentioned Harry Wright, referring to the gentleman in the upper left of my stereoview. As for the mount, with just a very quick search i found a couple of stereoviews that are unlabeled, but attributed to Anthony.

By the way, as a Knickerbocker aficionado, if you haven't read the book I posted above I think you'd really find it interesting