Anyone Recognize This Player?

[oldjudge]

If this is Walter Hammersley then, according to this article, he is in the T210 set

http://www.greensborohistory.org/arc...Hammersley.htm

[Anthony S.]

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[oldjudge]

Is that the guy in the NY uniform?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Is that the guy in the NY uniform?

to this novice, who has poor eyes, it looks similar to him. The ears kind of stick out the same way on both cards. The eyes look a bit similar too. Just a guess though...

[barrysloate]

But the cabinet photo and the T210 photo were likely taken 15-20 years apart.

[E93]

Barry,
I am not doubting you, but for educational purposes can you explain why you say it is circa 1890.
Much appreciated.
JimB

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

But the cabinet photo and the T210 photo were likely taken 15-20 years apart.

he aged very well!!

[Runscott]

Hammersley is an avenue in New York. The Rembrandt Studio put 'Hammersley' on other cabinet cards as well, presumably so that potential customers could find it. Here's an example:

another Rembrandt Studio example

[barrysloate]

Jim B- it's clearly a cabinet photograph and the image looks albumen, so that places it in the late 1800's, the era when they were issued. The ones from the late 1880's have uniform looking and somewhat plain mounts. By the early 1890's, more elaborate designs were being seen. So by the mount I would date it early nineties; and there is nothing in the photograph, including the uniform style, that disputes it. And I think by 1900, the cabinet mounts changed yet again. So that's how I came upon my estimate.

[DaveW]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Hammersley is an avenue in New York. The Rembrandt Studio put 'Hammersley' on other cabinet cards as well, presumably so that potential customers could find it. Here's an example:

another Rembrandt Studio example

OK, I was wrong (as usual). A little more web research shows that Hammersley refers to a photographer named C.H.Hammersley of the Rembrandt Studio in New York. He worked in the late 1800s to early 1900s, so the photo is probably from the 1890s as the more learned experts have said. No clues as to who the player is.

[pclpads]

Just a guess, but with those ears, maybe Don Mossi's grandfather?

[oldjudge]

Scott-Maybe your cabinet is his father :-)