Sherry Magee or Bristol Lord....what's your guess ?

[tedzan]

I'm looking at my Bristol Lord card (it's blank-backed, so I don't know if it's a 1910 NADJA, 1911 Cullivan's Fireside,
or a D359). In any event, I tell myself that I have seen this face before.

Yes....of course, it's the face on the 1909 T206 Sherry Magee card.....albeit a reverse image.





OK Net54ers, am I imagining things, or are these two portraits of the same guy ?

And if so, can you vintage BB photo experts identify who is who here ?


Incidently......both Magee and Lord have the following in common......

Born a year apart in countryside towns in Pennsylvania

Started their major league careers in BB in 1905 in Philadelphia


TRIVIA......what significant event in BB history is Bris Lord most known for ?



TED Z

[Golf History]

I think that it is the same image (of Magie) only colored differently and with slightly increased contrast. I say image because that includes the uniforms. The letter was also added but everything else matches up exactly.

The key is to compare the subtle shadows especially in the uniform (buttons, collar, left eyebrow, etc.)


Good eye spotting that!

[Golf History]

Oh, I forgot to answer the trivia question.


Joe Jackson trade?

[bmarlowe1]

The image is of course of Magee, who looks nothing like Bris Lord.

[FrankWakefield]

Good eye, old man. Obvious negative flip... at least obvious once pointed out.

[tedzan]

Connie Mack was so impressed with Bris Lord, so he traded Morrie Rath to Cleveland......and, then Mack
threw in Joe Jackson as part of the deal. Is this the most lop-sided trade in the history of BB, or what ?


TED Z

[teetwoohsix]

Looking at the actual photos of Bristol Lord,there isn't much of a resemblance at all-I'd be prone to think that it should have been a Sherry Magee card.

[ethicsprof]

great eyes, TRex.

how'd you happen to spot this after all these years of lookin'?

best,
barry