Cubs historical sleuthing: A 1940s mystery

Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."

Last week I was doing some Cubs historical research. Specifically, I was looking for a photo of Frank Secory, who played briefly for the Cubs in the mid-1940s and later became a National League umpire.

I searched Getty’s database for a photo of Secory as a Cub and this is the only photo that came up. Here’s the full photo:

The problem: Secory isn’t in this photo. And there was no further info given with it in our photo editor.

Off to Getty’s website I went, where I found the following description:

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