Dr. Neil Gale identifies the correct subject and date of this photograph that is over 110 years old. The subject was unknown and thus, mislabeled on the Internet. This is one of a handful of historical photos that I corrected or identified the subject matter on.
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I contacted Major League Baseball (mlb.com), then sent my research and photo. They used the photo in an article.
RESEARCH
The handwritten date on the face of the photograph, which was misread as 1909, is actually 1908. I inverted the photograph in Photoshop and used other filters to further deduce the last digit was actually the number 8, not the number 9.
Moreover, at that time in Chicago's history, nothing else would bring such a crowd (today, called a flash mob) out in the streets of downtown Chicago, resulting in bringing traffic to a standstill. News traveled at lightning-fast speed via telegraph, telephone (by 1905, the total telephones in Chicago proper had increased to 100,000), and by word of mouth.
Copyright © 2016 Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.
Moreover, at that time in Chicago's history, nothing else would bring such a crowd (today, called a flash mob) out in the streets of downtown Chicago, resulting in bringing traffic to a standstill. News traveled at lightning-fast speed via telegraph, telephone (by 1905, the total telephones in Chicago proper had increased to 100,000), and by word of mouth.
Copyright © 2016 Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.
Amazing image. My father was then 5 months old and living in Dyer, IN at the time.
ReplyDeleteGreat detective work Neil! A wonderful photo & now it's known what it is all about.
ReplyDeleteDa Cubs !
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