Let's see some postcards

[rickalaska]

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[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

1909 Montreal Royals & Newark Indians w/ Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity (HOF) - postmarked 19 Aug 1909, from Montreal. Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity (HOF) managed and pitched for the 1909 Newark Indians of the Eastern League. He is pictured third from the far left.

Cool postcard, but how do you know that McGinnity is the third person on the far left? Is this a published image where the players were identified?

[rickalaska]

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[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

I enlarged the image and compared photos. Newark had two managers - Harry Wolverton, is standing second from left and Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity, is standing third from the left. Easy to narrow it down - logical to look for management in the front row.

Thanks for the explanation. I was hoping that it was a published photo to confirm McGinnity’s ID. To me, the images are not nearly clear enough to make a positive ID, but maybe I am being too cautious.

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

I enlarged the image and compared photos. Newark had two managers - Harry Wolverton, is standing second from left and Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity, is standing third from the left. Easy to narrow it down - logical to look for management in the front row. The 1910 Reach Guide has photos/player names of both 1909 teams (Montreal & Newark). Vintageball.com has a clear photo image of this PC on his website - he also states "Clearly visible is Hall of Famer "Iron Man" McGinnity..."

I think that using an artist's depiction of McGinnity (on the baseball card) is not a good way to identify him in a photo. I've attached the 1909 images of McGinnity and Wolverton (from the composite) and a 1910 image of McGinnity. To my eyes, it could as easily be Wolverton, or perhaps someone else entirely. Edited to add: An ebay seller identified Wolverton as the second from the left, but did not identify McGinnity in the image, despite knowing that he was on this team.

[rickalaska]

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