1930's Homestead Grays Team Photo

[bmarlowe1]

Unfortunately I don't have very much from this time period - but what should be done is to at least post nice big photos of the Grays' 1940's uniforms next to the H&S photo.

For my part I challenge them to tell us which guys are supposed to be Williams and Charleston and to post nice clear hi-res scans of those two faces. If they don't it's fair to presume that they don't want any of us to see this too clearly.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Unfortunately I don't have very much from this time period - but what should be done is to at least post nice big photos of the Grays' 1940's uniforms next to the H&S photo.

For my part I challenge them to tell us which guys are supposed to be Williams and Charleston and to post nice clear hi-res scans of those two faces. If they don't it's fair to presume that they don't want any of us to see this too clearly.

Hi Mark
The picture I see in the auction can be blown up on my screen much larger than my whole 19" LCD. How big should it be to get a good look? I have no idea about the photo, it's not my cup of tea. It's neat though.

[ElCabron]

I'll never understand why people are so horrible at identifying people in photographs. Are you guys like that with your own family photos? Are you sure that old photo of your great grandfather isn't really your uncle?

Even though Charleston and Williams are 100% absolutely NOT in this almost certainly fake photo, it does still have 4 HOFers. Josh Gibson, Ray Brown, Buck Leonard, and Jud Wilson are all there. Maybe the problem is that it's actually Josh Gibson and not Net54 Josh Gibson (i.e. any random black guy in a photo or postcard you own).

I can see missing Vic Harris or Sam Bankhead or Roy Partlow or Johnny Wright or Howard Easterling or Roy Welmaker or Jerry Benjamin or guys like that. But Gibson, Leonard, Brown and Wilson all have plaques with their faces on them in Cooperstown.

-Ryan

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by NoizeBringer

I'll never understand why people are so horrible at identifying people in photographs....Are you sure that old photo of your great grandfather isn't really your uncle?.....Net54 Josh Gibson (i.e. any random black guy in a photo or postcard you own) -Ryan

The great grandfather - uncle type confusion is not uncommon. Identifying people for whom one has only seen a small number of still images is actually very difficult for most people, even if the images include a HoF plaque. And, the "Net54 Josh Gibson" is not just a phenomenon we see for black ballplayers.

Leon - blowing up a low res image does not help - you just get a bigger blurry image. It has to be posted in hi-res. Anyway, my guess is that Ryan knows these players well.

[repsher]

Uh-oh guys. I think I might have just purchased this photo. Even though the link in the first post of this thread isn't working for me the descriptions sound like this photo. Can someone please confirm?

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I didn't really have time to research since there was only 15 mins left in the auction when I saw it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940-GRAYS-V...vip=true&rt=nc

[bcbgcbrcb]

Ryan:

That one's no good, ask for a refund.

[repsher]

Phil - Is this the one you owned?

I haven't paid for it yet. The seller does have a 14 day return policy. I assume I can just explain that I would return it anyway so maybe we can skip the rest of the process? I've never been in this situation before.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Yes, that's it, Ryan.