SLASHED: Lot of 7x 1888-89 Varney Studio Carleton College (MN) Baseball Cabinets

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Up for sale is an interesting collection of 7x Carleton College baseball team player cabinet photos from c1888-1889. They were issued by the Chicago-based Varney Studio. Carleton College is still a leading Liberal Arts college located in Northfield, MN.

There was also a Carleton College in Farmington, Missouri, in the late 1800's and early 1900's; Barney Pelty played baseball there in the '90's. Is it certain that the Varney images depict students at the Minnesota institution?

[h2oya311]

Nothing definitive to suggest that this was the Carleton College in MN other than the relative proximity to Chicago, although I must admit I thought the distance would be shorter than 400 miles. The person who sold these to me mentioned the MN institution and I had no reason to think otherwise.

So, I suppose this could be the team from Missouri. Ironically, Farmington, MO comes in a shade under 400 miles to Chicago.

Admittedly, I’ve never spent much time researching these.