1889 base ball photos

[birdman42]

To get back to the original post, I think Probstein is indulging in a little wishful thinking. The only indication that these are baseball-related is that the photos are taken in front of a grandstand. Unless there was a special rule for college ball , by 1889 teams had 9 players, and there are only 7-8 in these pics. More likely the school camera club. And yes, David nailed it that the back says "Spring term" not "Spring team." All of which leads me to think that maybe Frank was just poking at Probstein a little.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by birdman42

To get back to the original post, I think Probstein is indulging in a little wishful thinking. The only indication that these are baseball-related is that the photos are taken in front of a grandstand. Unless there was a special rule for college ball , by 1889 teams had 9 players, and there are only 7-8 in these pics. More likely the school camera club. And yes, David nailed it that the back says "Spring term" not "Spring team." All of which leads me to think that maybe Frank was just poking at Probstein a little.

I've been googling for a while to see if I can find out whether the backs were the same in the UK and US, The one with the list of names has a London address as well as Rochester.

No luck finding the answer.

If it's a team or most of a team Baseball is the closest in team size.

But there's no baseball equipment shown.

Unless there's more info they didn't include it's a bit of a stretch.
I'd take a chance at a buck or two in an antique shop old photo box.