Quote:
Originally Posted by Freddie Maguire
[IMG]
It's important to note that when you guys are looking at the designation "unidentified cricket player. (Jordan and Co.) 4 photographs of 4." That means that 4 different specimens are actually missing from the Spalding Collection.
The other ones you are referring to are accounted for in the inventory.
|
I think that's incorrect.
In the original january 1922 inventory list (NYPL bulletin 26) there were only 4 and no more.
Description in 1922 under 'Pictorial Material' at the end of the inventory:
"unidentified cricket player. (Jordan and Co.) 4 photographs of 4."
It looks to me that the NYPL made a mistake and thought the 4 cards were missing in 1987 when they were in fact there all the time.
Those are 2 Sam Wrights, one Crossley and a Hammond.
Just for the record, my 'Jordan' example was found in an album with other new york area photographs, not related to baseball or cricket in any way, or at least that's what I thought at the moment.
Thank the lord that mine wasn't stolen because the seller (which had nothing to do with the hobby o industry) ended up receiving a $25 winning bid from me in public auction.