1800s tintype photo chicago baseball players in MYRTLE uniforms - identified gurney so I'd say this photo

so I'd say this photo was taken around then

Housed in a full

political essayist Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord (1810-1879)

The seals have dried up and fallen off inside of the case

Overall very good vintage condition

1800s tintype photo chicago baseball players in MYRTLE uniforms - identified gurney so I'd say this photoOriginal tintype showing two baseball players, one holding a ball, both wearing full "Myrtle" uniforms. 3. 5" x 2. 5" tintype comes in its original 5" x 3" paper sleeve, with Chicago photographer William Neidhardt's studio imprint on the back cover. Also written there in period pen is, "Dad & Bill Sawusch". I own several more unidentified pictures of the player on the right, so I believe it's most likely that Sawusch was on the left, "dad" not needing