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Originally Posted by Chickazoola
From the looks of the photo, it would seem to be from one of the Spalding or Reach guides for the era. Based on Bernard's bio, I would be likely to agree until we find the provenance. Possibility it could be Curt Bernard?
I'll have a look in guides tonight. I did find a 1910 St. Louis Spalding guide earlier, but Bernard's team wasn't photographed.
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Thanks, Chickazoola. I learned from Cusick that it is from a ca. 1907 Brighton, IL team photo, and that photo could be found in an Alton, IL newspaper from 1958. According to Cusick, the caption in the 1958 printing was incomplete and did not identify Bernard.
I'm still hoping that one of the IL newspapers printed a photo of him following a tennis, golf or bowling tournament, but I haven't located one yet.