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08-30-2009, 01:16 PM
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I did find the Rural house, I added the picture of it to my previous post. I have looked at the aerial view of it on google. I'll be going up there in the next week to try and get a picture in the same angle and will have a copy of the original baseball photo to give to the current residents. As far as the team, I'm not really sure that is going to be as easy to find out further info.
Rawn
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08-31-2009, 07:37 AM
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Unions of Morrisania "New York"
Not a match.... But wouldn't be interesting if this is the same team!
I wanted to point out also that it appears that in the "Rural House" pic the bat on the far right (as you are looking at the photo) has some writing on it?  
Last edited by smokelessjoe; 08-31-2009 at 12:59 PM.
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08-31-2009, 12:50 PM
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An interesting comparison .....
It's not a match, but it's an interesting comparison.
Like I mentioned previously, during the Civil War, and after, the Union name was a very popular name in the North. The first thing I noticed when I first saw that great image of the Union's from Union, or (Rural House???) ... were their caps. They were slightly different from the caps that we're use to seeing. For example, check out the caps on the Morrisannia Union team. A slightly more mature team, from a few years earliar. A great picture of a Championship team, but it lacks the confidence of that pitcher on the Rural House team, with crossed arms, and a baseball in his hand. Keep digging guys, I've got a good feeling about all this.  Joe
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09-01-2009, 05:57 PM
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Just to let you know I am checking with others in the His. Soc. to try to fidn out about this team. Thanks for your patience, Suzanne Shaub, curator UHS
Allen was a photographer who did early stereoviews of the area. More later, Sue an email that I received today from the Union Maine Historical Society. Rawn
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09-01-2009, 09:05 PM
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Now we know .....
Why they call him: Rawn "No stone unturned" Hill.
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09-02-2009, 08:02 AM
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I have stitched the two photos of the "Rural House" together and pasted the image below. I noticed that the "Rural House" sign is on two sides of the building. I also noticed that there seems to be a tree missing in the photo that Rawn found (delineated by RED arrows) that is shown in the baseball picture. The photo the Rawn found stated that it was 1875ish, so I am thinking that the baseball pic was taken earlier... I guess though, the tree could have been cut down right after the baseball pic was taken
I put two TINY red arrows on the photo that Rawn found showing where I thought the tree should be, but you guys may see something different altogether? You can also use the four wooden posts running along the side of the building in both pics for comparison... 
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