Bloomer girls and Smokey Joe Wood postcard

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

I am sure that for you (and probably others) he does look like the same guy - I don't doubt it. Potential bidders need of be aware that it doesn't mean much. This is an excellent example of confirmation bias.

Hi Mark
I think there is room for debate on this. Just curious, do you think that is him in the other postcard I just posted?

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hi Mark
I think there is room for debate on this. Just curious, do you think that is him in the other postcard I just posted?

Leon - I don't have all my materials at hand right now. A couple of years ago I took a look at the 2nd PC (dark uniforms) for a collector. As I recall Wood (but not Joss as far as I know) did play for that team. I believe my conclusion was that the guy front row right was unlikely to be Wood due to some facial feature mismatch - probably something visible related to chin structure.

Is he the same guy as the one in the same location in your auction PC - I don't know - the quality of your PC for that face is pretty bad, but I think he has the same chin problem vis-a-vis Wood. I can try to post some graphics later.

[Hankphenom]

Let it go, Leon. How much more do you need than to hear Joe Wood saying "This was NOT the Boston Bloomer girls...?" Of course, it could have been somebody else saying that.

[bmarlowe1]

Go here and see my post #31:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=122405&page=2

QED

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Go here and see my post #31:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=122405&page=2

QED

That's fairly cut and dry. The guy on the right is not Joe Wood to my eye.. It's actually and easy call using that array.

[bmarlowe1]

Also, I don't see how one can assert with any degree of certainty that these two images depict the same person.

[ksfarmboy]

I've got the 1906 Ness City photo and a 1907 Hutch postcard of Joe Wood and neither look like the guy that Leon posted. He's in the lower right in the Ness City photo. It's not him.