Photo help please

[slidekellyslide]

The guy in the dark sweater in the front row does bear some resemblance to Nunamaker, but he looks a bit small...hard to say with him crouching down, but Nunamaker was a pretty big guy.

[bmarlowe1]

This is the 1907 Bloomington 3-I League club. This is indicated by Bob Koestner, back row, 4th from the left (see photo below with Clev in 1910).

There were 4 other major leaguers on that club:
front row far left is likely Red Nelson, 3rd from left is likely Art Wilson.
back row left of Koestner is likely Fred Beck.

If you can put the photo down flat on a scanner at 600 dpi and email it to me, I can be more sure of those three.

Fred Donovan may be present - but the only images of him that I have aren't clear enough to be sure.

[3-2-count]

Hi Mark and thanks for jumping in. I've sent a scan as you requested to your email address and am attaching closeups of the players here as well.
Thanks to everyone who replied to the thread with what they know about this team. The knowledge here never ceases to amaze me and is appreciated.

[bmarlowe1]

The additional posts were helpful.

First - Fred Beck is confirmed:

[bmarlowe1]

Art Wilson is a bit more difficult because of the angle in the Bloomington photo. The camera is effectively looking down at his face from above quite a bit. There are plenty of pics of Art Wilson, but I found none from that angle.

Given the best comparison I could find, you do have to be able to visualize how his features would look rotated downward 15-20 degrees or so. In my judgement everything looks right, and ear matching is still very do-able. I am sure that it is Wilson.

[bmarlowe1]

As to Red Nelson, given the avaiable photos (Colgan's chip and 2 from the LoC Bain collection), and the added clarity of Tony's latest post, I am not convinced that the guy front row far left is him - just not sure.

[3-2-count]

Mark, your knowledge and expertise in this field is nothing short of amazing. Thanks for everything up to this point. Below is the team roster of the 1907 Bloomington Bloomers.
If anyone can add a picture to who already hasn't been confirmed to match more players up, please let myself know or simply add it to this thread.
Thanks much everyone,

1907 BLOOMINGTON BLOOMERS TEAM ROSTER
Fred Beck - Back row 3rd from left
Williams Connors
Frank Dang
Fred Donovan
A. Ebright
Earl Graham
John Herbert
Bob Koestner - Back row 4th from left
Albert Kuhns
Red Nelson
Roy Snyder
Harry Syfert - Top row 4th from right
Edward Thorsen
Art "Dutch" Wilson - Front row 4th from left
E. Winans