help with this team picture

[drc]

Early 1900s, maybe earlier 1910. Value depends on size, with the bigger the more valuable. Normal cabinet size I'd say $50. Perhaps it'd sell for $80 on a good day. Just a guess. I'm not an appraiser or dealer so take my pricing with a grain of salt. Though cabinet style cards sell for more than real photo postcards. Family reunion or town picnic game sounds reasonable. There certainly appear to be some relations in the photo. You'll see old photos with teams in street, work, school or farm clothes.

[bcookie]

Here is a picture of the team photo along with the other items that came in the lot.. what size do you think it is?

[drc]

The New York Gallery photo is a cabinet card, so it's a little bigger than a standard cabinet card. It's about average size.

[bcookie]

well, i got the entire lot for $7.51 including shipping.. not the score of the century, but it is my first picture of this type and i plan on keeping it.

In the group of photos there are three photos in the bottom center of the same man. He seems to be the gentleman in the back row center of the baseball "team" photo. Is there any information on the backs of one of these photos that may narrow the scope?

[JollyElm]

I swear that's Darrell Issa!!!

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[MuddyMules]

I am new to this forum, but wanted to leave my opinion.

I would say focus on the glove in the center of the picture, for dating purposes. The bat is too rough to tell anything, but the glove could get you in a dated range. Once the range is found, you could start narrowing it down and researching other photographs.

[bcookie]

i got the pictures in yesterday and the picture of the boy by the chairs is dated 1894 and it is of Fred E. Hill. That name is the same name on the back of the pictures for the guy stated above.. one of the pictures says it is from Pottsville, PA.

[Craig M]

There was a team called the Pottsville Colts in 1894. I wonder if any of those young lads in that photo played for the colts as they became of age?

I do see a roster with bio's for the 1894 Colts.