Posted on 03/22/2013 10:41:27 AM PDT by virgil283
"The earliest picture of a figure in the street happened by pure chance. The man (who can be seen with one leg raised) stopped to have his boots shined. He was still long enough for an image to be formed. No one else is visible in the picture because they were in motion. Nevertheless there are pictures from the mid 1800s of people smiling e.g. Roger Fenton's Crimean War pictures.
Was he with the Braves or the Red Sox? LOL!
Neither.
He played for the Buffalo Bisons (1880), Providence Grays (1881–1885), Boston Beaneaters (1886–1889), Boston Reds (1890), and Cincinnati Reds (1891).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Radbourn
He’s the origin of the phrase “Charlie Horse”, too.
Wow...I never knew about those other Boston Teams.
Thank You!
Yer welcome. That’s what happens to me on the internet - I start doing something serious, and 2 hours later I’m still on reading all kinds of obscure info.
And we LEARN SO MUCH doing that! ;-)
It was just a hunch, I think I saw something about James K. Polk in the text, and immediately thought, “Pharmboy wants to see this”. ;’)
Yep...my top five presidents are: The General, Reagan, Polk, Monroe and Coolidge.
Hon. mention: Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, Chester A Arthur.
Worst: BHO, Carter, Wilson,
“Strange how much human progress and achievement comes from contemplation of the irrelevant.” - Scott Kim
Interesting Tag Line! :-)
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