Need Help On A Vintage Photo Update

[batsballsbases]

One of my contacts picked this up for me out in Ca. Im pretty good on wire photos but the early photos arenot my area. I loved the photo when I first saw it. its larger 6 by 8 in an original frame. The frame is 15 by 17. As you can see the glass is cracked but my contact said it didnt seem to effect the photo. I believe its a house team from Ca. Like to know about what year. Also a good ballpark price on what the photo is worth. The man who owned it was 90 and the photo had belonged to his father. Thanks in advance for any info. I ran this by a few board members who all said post it up !

Picture came today and it looks to me that the frame is old vintage. Now the photo looks like it is glued down to the mounting board. (was this how it was done?) Looks like the mount was cut down to accomodate the frame. The picture its self is 5 1/2 by 7 3/4 in size. Very clear. My questions are the paper that its on doesnt look like photographic paper (I could be wrong as I dont know old paper) and were they glued down to the mount alot. No names or markings on the mounting board.

[baseball tourist]

Love the equipment and uniforms. I will leave it to the experts to date and pricr it but assume it is c.1895-1900. If for sale, pls let me know. Chris

[aelefson]

I agree with Chris on the approximate age of the photo, although I too am not an expert). I believe it is worth about 100-140 or so, without any additional information, just based on the uniforms and overall image quality (assuming it is a cabinet type photo that is not damaged). If some research can provide a town, or other pertinent information, it might be worth a little bit more. Very cool photo!

Edited to add, I am not valuing the frame itself, just the photo. The frame might have some value as well. I do not know.

Alan

[Leon]

I am far from an expert but was thinking the same thing as these guys before I read their opinions. I have bought and sold some that were similar....

California Digital Newspaper Archives (which is really behind) has one newspaper reference to the Cotati team:

"The Tomales baseball team defeated the Cotati team at Cotati Sunday afternoon in the presence of a big crowd. The score was 17 to 8 in favor of the Tomales boys." (June 16, 1900, Sausalito Press) in your time frame. Searched 1890-1908

A gentleman named Walt Woolery is referenced as the "Cotati baseball manager"in the early 1900's. He also owned a pool hall/barber shop on LaPlaza Street shown here:
http://cotatihistoricalsociety.org/history-of-cotati

The historical society gives a pretty good overview of the towns history, may want to try to contact them for more information. Looks like they had a "renowned baseball team" in the 1920's (seemingly every small town did), and they built a huge, wooden racetrack for automobiles ("the same size as Indianapolis") in the 1920's. A two and half mile track in the middle of nowhere is hard to believe but.....
http://www.ci.cotati.ca.us/sections/...racetrack.html

Good luck, and GREAT PHOTO!

[batsballsbases]

Thanks Guys for all the info should have the photo this week!

[Aquifer]

the quilting on the pants is almost identical to a 1905 photo I have of a town team in Viborg, SD. Cotati is now basically a suburb of Santa Rosa, CA

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