Hi - i recently picked up these 4 photos at an estate sale -and as always when I purchase old photos I am intrigued to know the date they were taken. Or as close to the actual date as possible.
They came framed (and as you can see dated to 1911) but I felt compeled to confirm their condition and that they were original.
In doing some research on them I noticed that in the photo of the two players, they're wearing different uniforms than their teammates in the other photos (as written on the back, "Cy Morgan has just beat a hit to the initial sack, which is being covered by Paddy Livingston in practice game").
The photo with the player sliding into first is Wilbur Good who never played in a regular season game with the A's since he was acquired in 12/09 and dealt on 3/30/10 so it comfirms that this was spring training 1910.
My questions are - why are Paddy and Cy Morgan wearing uni's that don't correspond to the uni's in Mark Okkonen's book? I could guess that for practice games they may have worn old uniforms but they don't correspond to any of the uni's before (or after) 1910.
Also - the player sliding back into the base is wearing a uniform that says 'Atlanta' on it. I know the A's trained in Atlanta in '10 but does anyone have their preseason schedule or know when they played the Atlanta (Crackers?) in a spring game?
Mark F is this a question for you?
thanks for any insight into dating these.
thanks again
peter