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Originally Posted by Chickazoola
As the discoverer of some of the more dubious quality images, I concur that it would be great to find something higher quality and there is always the hope that something better will pop up. I recently found a nice photo of George "Burt" Goetz that was an upgrade over the generic cartoon image I had found several years ago.
On the subject of Clare, he is in this 1884 Brooklyn Stars team photo courtesy CinemaOdyssey. Rrster and team info appears in the 1884 Brooklyn papers. It also features John Bass, and James McGovern (listed as John), who is the younger brother of a 1874 one gamer I finally ID'd named Thomas McGovern. James was on the roster of the 1884 Altoona Unions, but never played in the majors.
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The allocation of players into the 2 upper rows appears to be somewhat unclear. As only 4 are named in the back/top row would that be the 3 individuals not in uniform plus the tallest player on the right of them as we look at the image.
There is also contradictory information in respect of the date. You state 1884 Brooklyn Stars team photo yet the caption above the image states early 1870s?