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Originally Posted by prewinter

Bart Duane was described in the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette (March 23, 1890, pg 9) as 5' 7", 160 pounds. He was with Dubuque in 1887 and 1888 and Austin in 1889. He hailed from Dubuque.

I'm not convinced that Baseball Reference has Gallagher identified properly. James Gallagher, the player credited, died in 1894 after falling down a mine shaft. An article in the Scranton Republican (March 30, 1894) noted he was a catcher, but made no mention of playing two seasons in the Northwestern League (1886-1887). The Rockford Daily Register indicated "Jovial Pete Gallagher of the Whitings is playing short stop for Eau Claire" on October 1, 1887. Gallagher, aka Galligan, was the Whitings in 1886 and 1887, and played one game in the majors in 1886. While it is clear that Gallagher in 1886 played with both Eau Claire and Oshkosh, he cannot be Pete Gallagher, because Pete was playing his one game in the majors on the same day Gallagher was playing his last game for Oshkosh in 1886. I saw a blurb somewhere suggesting that Gallagher and Krock were both signed by Eau Claire in Milwaukee. So anyway, I'm not convinced Gallagher with Oshkosh in 1886 is James Gallagher as identified in Baseball-Reference.

If Gallagher is in the photo, Hillery and Masram are not, and Duane is the fourth unidentified (with Hallstrom, Bishop and Gallagher). Otherwise it is Hallstrom, Bishop, Hillery and Masram.

I like the back right for Hallstrom as well, but the mouth on the other back row unidentified matches the look on the exemplar. The exemplar is from a book called The History of the Swedes (Vol. 2), 1908.

I do like a mustachioed Hillery as the player front row, second from right. The ears and eyebrows as well as the jawline look like a decent match. So if Hillery is present we can toss the possibility of Gallagher being there and just need to identify Masram and Bishop. I don't have visual documentation of Masram so if you have something that'd help.