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Posted By: barrysloate

Hi Tony- without the presence of any baseball equipment, it would be impossible to say for sure whether or not it is baseball. Even a ball alone wouldn't clinch it. Without a bat, or in later tintypes a catcher's mask or fielder's glove, you can only speculate.

Edited to add yes, unless the photographer went to the trouble to reverse the image, it would appear backwards (you can hold it up to a mirror if you want to identify what's on his chest).