c1862 Baseball Team Photo with a Young Admiral Dewey

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Posted By: CarltonHendricks

Well I'm the one that started this so I better weigh in....I sure wish Terry Knouse could read all this but whenever I've asked him if he's been to my site, he says as much that he hardly goes on the internet...and basically I think he's one of those types that is internet challenged, he does have an email address but his wife does it for him, and doesn't know what it is kind of guy.

So ok, I dug out my notes I took on location as I was covering the 2004 National. Turns out I wrote down:

1866-67, then scratched it out...then I wrote "about 1865-66"...then in reference to the team I wrote "baseball team photo cf Norwich Univ." then (military Univ. - Vermont) Am. George Dewey Front Row 2nd fr. left

I must have scratched out 1866-67 for a reason, and likely Terry was discussing or speculating as I wrote. That's about all I know, from what I documented as I saw it. In relation to my notes, I was mistaken when I refered to the photo as 1862.

As to all the conjecture about the photo, in hindsight I had to laugh when Rob M. pointed out the "A" on their chest....how did that not immediatly raise a flag it's so obvious. The wikipedia link says Dewey graduadted from the Naval Acadamy in 1858...Maybe the "A" is for Annapolis, and the photo dates to the late 1850's. I just don't know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
This is kind of funny but John Dewey was from Vermont too and went to the University of Vermont. Whereas George Dewey went to Norwich University which is in Northfield Vermont. The wikipideia link above says John Dewey graduated in 1879...and the player that is suppose to be George Dewey does resemble John Dewey I think.




I'm as confused as anybody at this point!