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Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan
Identified as Seward at source by Getty images.
He is also identified seated next to Joe Battin in the 1876 St.Louis Browns team photo.
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The Seward image on GettyImages comes from a source which offered many early baseball photos, almost all misidentified. As such, without any means of independently verifying the ID, the SABR Pictorial History Committee has declined to accept the ID provided as Seward.
Although misidentified as such on Getty and elsewhere, the player seated next to Battin in the 1876 Browns team photo is not Seward but John Clapp. Complete IDs are:
Back row (3 standing): Joe Blong – George Bradley – Herman Dehlman
Middle row (7 Seated): Joe Battin – John Clapp – Tim McGinley – Lip Pike – Mike McGeary - Dickey Pearce - Denny Mack
Bottom row (1 reclining on floor): Ned Cuthbert