Henry Chadwick tin type photo

[bmarlowe1]

nyyanksghr --

>> Henry's granddaughter is believed to be the one who wrote his name on the photo

Why would she do that? I would never write my grandfather's name on a vintage family photo since we all know who he is. If I was concerned about the next generation knowing who he was, I would write it on the back. If he was famous and I wanted to perhaps sell it, I would not spoil the photo by writing his name on the front, especially if I expected no question as to his identity.

>> The photo came to the market directly from his great grandaughter.

What do you mean by "came to market"? when? was there an auction?

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

nyyanksghr --
Why would she do that? I would never write my grandfather's name on a vintage family photo since we all know who he is. If I was concerned about the next generation knowing who he was, I would write it on the back. If he was famous and I wanted to perhaps sell it, I would not spoil the photo by writing his name on the front, especially if I expected no question as to his identity.

Mark-

I understand your point and agree that you or I would never do this, but given all of the cards and photos we have seen over the years, wouldn't you agree that many people have done things to items that you or I wouldn't do.

I don't think that just because we wouldn't do something, or it doesn't make sense, doesn't mean that the item isn't authentic.

[nyyanksghr]

The photo was sold by his greatgrandaughter to the individual I obtained it from. She kept a photo copy of the photo for the family. She confrmed that she indeed sold it to the collector I purchased it from and even identified her mothers handwriting on the photo. I have the largest collection of sports photography in private hands...2.4 million images. I have hundereds of vintage photos that are identified right on the front. Its not common but certainly happens. Chadwicks granddaughter, who passed in 1978 wrote on most of the Chadwick items. n the 60's or 70's, this photo had no value.She would simply write "Henry Chadwick" or "H. Chadwick" on many items, cabinets, letters, scrapbooks, etc. Wy she did this? So generations in the future would know who he was.

[bmarlowe1]

nyyanksghr --

last week I said "if you compare the nose to a clear Chadwick semi-profile image - it doesn't seem quite right. But again - the tintype is too fuzzy to be sure about anything. "

Can you post, say a 600 dpi (preferably a .tif file) of the Chadwick face from your photo?

[nyyanksghr]

No, I probably won't post a 600 dpi image. We scanned at 350 already. We can post 350 but I believe we already did. 350 is the same as 650 for comparing a nose. At the end of the day, you can compare a nose, foot, hand, head, ear...it's still Henry Chadwick. It's ok to be wrong my firend

[bmarlowe1]

"the tintype is too fuzzy to be sure about anything." is not wrong.

Anyway - with 2.4 million sports photos, you can't figure out who the friends are - is the tintype too fuzzy?

BTW - the posted photo is 100 dpi (according to my measurement via photoshop). I would be happy to say the image is likely Chadwick (or not) if I could see it in sufficient detail.

[nyyanksghr]

I'd b one lucky guy if even a fraction of my archive was from 1860. Unfortuantley it's mostly post 1890. My assumption is that they are not ball players. His greatgranddaughter believes they are coworkers from The Brookyn Eagle. Mark-You've bought a ton of pics from me "lexibell" We have a huge offering coming over the next year. I just purchased the archives of Sport Magazine...85,000 photos, mostly original from staff photogs: coming soon to Ebay
P.S> I'd never post the image at 600 dpi...you'd have it posted on Getty before I woke up in the morning!