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[Jimmy Lavender, Ward Miller, Charlie Smith, Tommy Leach, Chicago NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• aware health said:

  Not to argue with whoever captioned the negative, but I think that's Tommy Leach on the left. He was a short guy, and would have been in his late thirties at the time this picture was made. Compare to this picture from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tommy_Leach_2163486436_01b787e...

• Brett Carnell said:

  Hi, rjones0856, I have passed on your question to a group of baseball experts for their second opinion. While the players on the far right and left look amazingly similar, when examined at full resolution the player you identify as Leach does have facial wrinkles similar to the image in your link while the player on the left currently identified as Leach appears to be wrinkle free.

• aware health said:

  Just occurred to me to look up the other guy, too. Here's a picture of Jimmy Lavender's other profile: www.retrosnapshots.com/images/sports253.jpg I think I'm right. Dunno about the guys in the middle though. :)

• Brett Carnell said:

  rjones0856, Good eye! Several other avid baseball fans have checked in and they agree with you -- it appears that the names of the players are reversed in the picture. The photo should read from left to right: Tommy Leach, Charlie Smith, Ward Miller and Jimmy Lavender. We'll note the error when we update this record.