1872 Warren CDVs of Boston players - what did original composite look like?

[GaryPassamonte]

I have a second thought as I look at my Barnes' CdV. Is there any possibility the front was signed by Barnes. Compare the writing to the Barnes' autograph on the Warren cabinet in Sotheby's 12/2005 auction lot 1. Notice the B's. How big of a stretch?

[barrysloate]

Would he sign only his last name and not include his first? Possibly, but I would guess someone else wrote it.

[aaroncc]

Not mine but here is the last one.

[orator1]

For those like me who don't recognize all the players, below is the CDV order in the composite.

On a related note, the SCBC lists two 1872 Warren CDVs of Harry Wright - one in "street clothes" and one "in uniform". Does anyone have Harry's CDV "in uniform" that you can post? That image would complete the SCBC checklist.

[barrysloate]

There were both a Harry and George Wright Warren CdV in uniform at the Legendary Auction at the National.

[19cbb]

Weren't the 'uniform' photos shot in 1874?

[barrysloate]

They were shot in more than one year. If you look at the 1874 team photo, Harry Wright has a full beard. But if you look at the individual Warren cabinets or CdV's, Harry has mutton chops but no beard.

It is my theory that Wright grew his beard in 1874 and kept it until he died. And I am the only person in America who has developed a theory about Wright's facial hair ( I think).

But even the Warren cabinets may have been shot in two different years, as two styles are known.