October Pick Up Thread

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by molenick

Three woman (pretty sure) including one in uniform.

Tough to say.

[JoeDfan]

Epic mail day for me!!!
One of the final pieces to my professional model bat wish list!!!

[jpop43]

Admittedly, this was a very tail end of September pick-up but I LOVE it and wanted to share.

Always on the lookout for 1860s-1870s era equipment and images, and I've very much enjoyed trading for them with fellow board members of late.

Happy Hunting!
Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[sayhey24]

Awesome Aaron Sean!


Greg

[GaryPassamonte]

As I've already said, that is an early one. It would have a tax stamp if it was issued from 1864-1866. It doesn't have the line or lines framing the image that 1865-1869 cdvs usually have. Could it be pre-1864? Probably not, but it's not impossible. Is the mount thin? Could the once square corners have been rounded by time? What is the history of the Canton NY team?

After doing a search on Protoball, I found a mention of a St Lawrence team from Canton NY. St Lawrence University is in Canton. The refererence is from 1867. This doesn't mean this team didn't exist before 1867. Nor does it mean this team is your Canton team, but it's a start.

[bgar3]

Very nice pickup Jon.

[jpop43]

Yes, Gary, I'd love to try and find all that out, too.

The mount, in comparison to my other CDVs is thin and, while we may never know for sure, the corners may have been originally squared...the wear and erosion of time has relegated this to speculation.

I just love the image itself though...the pose, the dress, the studio, etc., all say "early"...just how early?? Maybe pre-1864...who knows?? The tax stamp dating would be nice and very helpful, but I kinda don't think we're looking at anything later than 1866-1867 on this one.

I may have to try and find out who G.R. Barber (Barker??) was. So, the research begins!