Knickerbocker Photo (Update)

[SteveS]

rhettyeakley, thank you for your well wishes. I sure can't deny that I'm biased because I'm the one who owns the photograph. However, I have done my level best to talk myself out of it, and simply can't. Putting aside any bias and human element, the facial-match results are pretty conclusive. Also, of the people to whom I've shown it off of this thread, including a nice mix of baseball historians and "laypeople," most have ranged from it's plausible that it may be the Knickerbockers to it's definitely them. Only two people have been emphatic that it's not. One thing I definitely learned from this thread is that computer screens affect how it's viewed. I will try to figure out a way to correct that, as it's tremendously important when making these comparisons to look closely, beyond the lighting and shadows

As for Snowman, I appreciate greatly that he has my back. I disagree that he adds nothing. He has pointed out actual, observable matches. It's one thing to disagree with them, but he has taken the time with no bias or skin in the game to look at the pictures and form an unbiased opinion. And I'll repeat what I said above. It's always fun to talk about baseball!