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Regarding the Pastime photo - the exact year is unknown.
The issue with the Baltimore guys is they all had brothers who played - so George Popplein is one of six ball playing brothers and the 1873 ID is almost certainly not him - given his advanced age. I lean towards it being Joseph Popplein - who was on the Olympic club in 1872 that morphed into the dreadful Marylands in 1873.
Frank Sellman had an older brother named Arthur Sellman who also played ball.
The McDonald referenced on Craig's page is James McDonnell - and he is the older brother of Marcy McDonnell - who I've recently confirmed is the infamous McDoolan who allowed 24 runs in his only big league appearance on April 15, 1873.
So any work on IDs in the photo needs to be handled with this in mind.
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