Henry Chadwick tin type photo

[nyyanksghr]

I have this tin type photo which has Henry Chadwick. Does anyone recognize any other baseball players in this photo? Thanks.

[slidekellyslide]

Interesting photo. Might I ask where it came from?

[benjulmag]

Why do you say it is Henry Chadwick?

[bmarlowe1]

Corey - we do think alike, at least on some issues.

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[BrockJacob]

It has "Henry Chadwick" written vertically on the mans shirt.

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

It has "Henry Chadwick" written vertically on the mans shirt.

That in and of itself is not enough, unless you know when and by whom that was written. A scam involving just this sort of thing occured in the Sotheby's Copeland sale some years ago. In that auction was a purported signed cabinet of Chadwick. The verso of the cabinet was signed "Henry Chadwick" thereby giving the impression both that the image was of him and he signed it. Well as it turned out the image was not of Chadwick and, needless to say, nor was the signature his.

This tintype image bears SOME resemblance to another known image of Chadwick (a cricket pose). The fact this tintype is not a baseball or cricket image, is concerning, and frankly so is the writing (why would anybody put it there other than to deceive). Bottom line to me -- without more I think there is little chance it is Chadwick.

[BrockJacob]

I certainly agree Corey, that the name penciled in means very little. But obviously that is what lead the original poster to believe it is Chadwick in the photo.

[19cbb]

Courtesy of the NYPL... which btw is asking for donations after facing over $50 million in budget cuts.

Btw, after handling a good bunch of tintypes, both baseball and non baseball related, I have to agree with Corey that the writing is simply a novice job to deceive.

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