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1891 Cedar Rapids Photo with McGraw + other IDs
I picked up this 1891 Cedar Rapids Canaries cabinet from the latest LOTG auction. McGraw was already identified but no other players were and I finally got around to figuring out a couple others.
- The first player, at the close end, is Bill "Wiz" Hoffer, who ended up having a few very good to great years pitching for the Baltimore Orioles, 1895 to 1898. - Second in is an 18-year-old John McGraw. Having this cabinet in hand and being able to optimize scans etc I'm just about 100% confident this is him. Anyway, he'd be in Baltimore a few months after this photo was taken. - The third guy in is Henry Fabian, who eventually became well known as the groundskeeper at the Polo Grounds, a job he would hold from 1913 until the time he died in 1940. I've always thought Fabian to be a compelling baseball story, so finding him in the photo is pretty cool. I'm going to try to ID a few more guys further down the bench, but it'll be harder as details get smaller. Click through for larger scans: https://i.ibb.co/P4tBWDX/1891-Cedar-Rapids-s.jpg <p> https://i.ibb.co/7Js0DX5/1891-Cedar-Rapids-opt-ID-s.jpg |
Resembles a period Kodak snapshot, which had circular images and were mounted as cabinet cards. Though the back would have Eastman or Kodak on back.
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Really good job Ray. Thanks for posting.
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Love this photo! Just thought Id share this photo from 1951 showing Bill Hoffer (second from left bottom) who must likely out lived everyone else in your photo.
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Great photo Sean, thanks for posting it. Hoffer lived until 1959, and was an artist after baseball, among other things. The drawing in the article below is his, a self-portrait:
https://i.ibb.co/SQMcfQs/1946-CRG-Hoffer.jpg Here's one of Henry Fabian in 1934 with Bill Terry: https://i.ibb.co/09Q8BfD/1934-Henry-...-Bil-Terry.jpg |
Love seeing these pictures of these 19th century players later in life. Thanks for sharing!
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