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Originally Posted by tnfoto
I've gone 'round and 'round with myself about Crowley over the years. I've kept him off the list because, while the Buchner cards are *generally* generic, their depictions actually bear a passing resemblance to the players listed on the card. Dan Brouthers looks passably like Dan Brouthers, Ned (or Ed, if you prefer) Willamson bears some resemblance to the player. The cartoon of Jennings, on the other hand, I don't believe bears any resemblance to the actual person (of course, we don't have a photo or studio wood cut, so that's just a guess).
Perhaps I should add some nuance to the list and re-add players like Crowley with a "need better" notation. There are a few others who similarly have no image I would consider a true likeness, either due to poor image quality (Alonzo Breitenstein or Walter Prince), low resolution (George Fletcher or Flip Lafferty), or poor likeness (until recently, Marty Honan--thanks, Cinemaodyssey!). Then there are others, like Denny Clare or Ed Halbriter, for whom we only have photos from a time long past their playing days.
I'm happy to make whatever adjustments may be most helpful as we try to locate the remaining missing players.
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We have two reasonably good depictions of Walter Prince, one from the 1885 Haverhill team photo that I posted awhile back and the other from an 1888 London, ON newspaper which I have attached.
I've also found a playing-era image of Ed Halbriter (though not a great one) which shows him as a member of the 1883 Terre Haute team.