Need ID help, 1867 Harvard Baseball Nine

[ctownboy]

I will have to check my copy but this could have come out of a book called the "H Book of Harvard Athletics" which, I think, was published in 1923.

David

[CarltonHendricks]

That would be 1867 as opposed to 97'....CTown will let you know for sure but without checking myself it certainly looks like it's from the "H" Book Of Harvard Athletics published in 1923 if I recall. That's a good question what it's worth...I don't think too many of those pictures get loose from the book...The picture was produced in 1923 so it's not like it's an albumen...

I think the whole book conservatively goes for $200-$300...depending on printing edition and so forth...so one little picture....who knows...You may want to put it on eBay once you know for sure what it is....disclose all and see what happens...Would be a good starter piece for a level 1 collector...See the bound cuff of the player on the far right?....that's classic 1860's....It's good to have 1860's baseball represented in a collection.

[thecatspajamas]

That photo does appear in The H Book of Harvard Athletics on page 153, but in a different configuration (turned 90 degrees on the page) and with text above and below the photo. Unless it appears elsewhere in the book that I'm not aware of, or the contents are arranged differently in subsequent printings (the copy that I have is copyright 1923), that page is not from the H Book.

[thecatspajamas]

Scan of the photo in The H Book of Harvard Athletics:

[barrysloate]

It's probably a plate from "Old Boston Boys and the Games They Played", a 1906 book written by James Lovett.