Team from Pittsburgh's West End

[Bpm0014]

I live in Pittsburgh in the south hills. I know exactly where Lorenz is. I think the Pittsburg without an h will help date the photo or at least narrow it down.

[PZdiaz110]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

I live in Pittsburgh in the south hills. I know exactly where Lorenz is. I think the Pittsburg with an h will help date the photo or at least narrow it down.

That's a good suggestion. Thanks! Also thought about taking it down to the W. PA Sports Museum to get their opinion.

[Butch7999]

The United States Board on Geographic Names attempted to standardize (and homogenize) official place names in the US in 1891.
Pittsburgh was one of many victims, being officially changed to "Pittsburg," but fought the ruling for twenty years and was restored
to "Pittsburgh" in 1911.

That provides a window for the origin of the photographer's stamp, but it doesn't mean the studio didn't continue to use that stamp
for many years after the terminal H was restored.
Based just on the uniforms and on the garb of the gents in the back row, we'd guess 1912-15 give or take a few years,
but the equipment experts on board should have a better estimate than ours...

[PZdiaz110]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

The United States Board on Geographic Names attempted to standardize (and homogenize) official place names in the US in 1891.
Pittsburgh was one of many victims, being officially changed to "Pittsburg," but fought the ruling for twenty years and was restored
to "Pittsburgh" in 1911.

That provides a window for the origin of the photographer's stamp, but it doesn't mean the studio didn't continue to use that stamp
for many years after the terminal H was restored.
Based just on the uniforms and on the garb of the gents in the back row, we'd guess 1912-15 give or take a few years,
but the equipment experts on board should have a better estimate than ours...

Many thanks for the information and your insight. It's quite possible, with that date range, my wife's great grandfather is in the photo. I doubt if there's any other picture of him. (How I wish I had known about the photo so that I could have asked my father-in-law before he passed!)