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Posted By: davidcycleback

Beyond obviously recognizable people like Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner, some street clothes cabinets come with information that helps prove the identity. Some come from the player estates, or from a group of identical cabinets of his teammates players. In the case of the T206 player CDV posted on the board a while back, the photography studio was in a town that was not only the player's birthplace but had a population of under a few hundred-- obviously this narrows things down.

These things only support the facial recognition and looking at other photos of the players. But if it looks like the player, came from his estate and was shot in his tiny home town, it would appear to be the player.

Naturally, it's even easier if the player is wearing a Detroit Tigers or University of Michigan football uniform. If it's a Wolverines player and the studio was Ann Arbor, you don't need provenance-- you just have to look at old photos to see which player he looks like.