Help Identifying 1880-1890s Photos

[theshowandme]

Hey folks,

I have been asked by a good friend to help identify subjects in these photos.

I figured this is the best place.

The info we have is 1880-1890s time period

I’ll post zoomed in photos on some of these below as well

Any help is appreciated

-Don

[theshowandme]

Looks like the first photo has Comiskey in it from 1888

https://www.flickr.com/photos/librar...ss/3970979595/

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Nice! I'd love that Hamilton photo, being Canadian. One of the players I see identified on that is Elton "Icebox" Chamberlain. Such a great baseball name. According to BB-R, this was his first professional team. He was only 17.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

OK, we need some uniform and ear guys...

Top left of the Louisville photo looks quite a bit like Honus facially, but the uniforms and ears would dictate otherwise. Guessing those uniforms predate Honus' era. I'm seeing some of those silly hats that scream (DON'T CALL THEM) Scrapps!

[Fred]

Don, are all of those yours? Nice!!!

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by Fred

Don, are all of those yours? Nice!!!

I wish! A friend has them and is looking for more information.


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[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

OK, we need some uniform and ear guys...

Top left of the Louisville photo looks quite a bit like Honus facially, but the uniforms and ears would dictate otherwise. Guessing those uniforms predate Honus' era. I'm seeing some of those silly hats that scream (DON'T CALL THEM) Scrapps!

Hahaha I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw that

Google reverse image search thought so too

But I’m not certain. Nor do I have my hopes up

[molenick]

The first photo uses the same image that is on the 1888 World Beaters cabinet but it seems like the photo posted is a later copy to me...but that is always hard to tell from a scan.

[gunboat82]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

Hahaha I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw that

Google reverse image search thought so too

But I’m not certain. Nor do I have my hopes up

I'm not certain either, but my hopes would be pretty high based on the hair, eyes, mouth, bone structure.

It's a fair bit closer than this, anyway... https://www.ebay.com/itm/134082015029

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

OK, we need some uniform and ear guys...

Top left of the Louisville photo looks quite a bit like Honus facially, but the uniforms and ears would dictate otherwise. Guessing those uniforms predate Honus' era. I'm seeing some of those silly hats that scream (DON'T CALL THEM) Scrapps!

Honus did, of course, play for Louisville and is shown in their uniform on his Henry R.'s cigar card. The resemblance is striking.

[theshowandme]

You guys are incredible

Thank you!

The collector that has these photos believes Ice Box Chamberlin is in the photos of men dressed in suits/street clothes

Not sure if those are fellow ballplayers or not

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Anybody else wonder what the photo is hanging on the wall to the right of the one plain clothes group photo? Team pic? Can anyone identify? Remember, Chamberlain might be involved.

[chalupacollects]

I was thinking a print of US presidents through that time. Top is cut off with 18 showing and 22 through that time period… just a guess


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[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

The photos all appear to be of gentlemen from a similar era. Also, it could look like the photos are recessed and the ovals are cut into a mat board.

Above the central photo, the second word strikes me as being "Club", but it's not clear enough to say with certainty. You would think "baseball" to still be spelled as two separate words on a piece from that era, so that first word must be something else.