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milwaukee55
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Mar-13-11, 08:56 PM (EST)

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"Possible footage of Joe Jackson"

I was wondering if anyone had ever determined if the man in the crowd shown in the hand-cranked footage of John Wesley Donaldson was, in fact, Joe Jackson. According to the website at this link, http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/dn.html, the film was from a game that was played on August 16, 1925 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

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Mike Nola
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Mar-14-11, 08:54 AM (EST)

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1. "RE: Possible footage of Joe Jackson"
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When I was first contacted concerning this film, I had my doubts. Then when I was told the film was from a game on August 16, 1925, I pretty much ruled it out and here is why. On Saturday afternoon August 15, 1925, Joe played a game in Tallahassee, FL. He then traveled to Okeechobee, FL, which is appx. 365 miles from Tallahassee by rail. He played a game in Okeechobee on Tuesday August 18, 1925. The Waycross, Ga newspaper reported that Joe and team were traveling to Okeechobee from Tallahassee. In the days of railroad transportation, it would be an impossible feat for Joe to have played a game in Tallahassee, FL on the afternoon of August 15 and been in Minnesota the afternoon of August 16, 1925.

-- Mike Nola

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