Bloomington Bloomers? Postcard

[aelefson]

Hi-
I purchased the postcard scanned below at a small paper show in Brimfield MA a few weeks ago. I got it because I thought it was at least a college team and possibly a minor league team (and it was relatively inexpensive). Is this the Bloomington Bloomers team? I found an old thread regarding another Bloomers picture but most of the photos do not show. Here is that thread http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=119677

Here is a Wikipedia article on the team itself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomington_Bloomers


Only three people on my PC have Bloomington spelled out while the others only have a B on their uniforms so I was not sure if this was a mixture of players or a team. Can anyone recognize any players in my postcard? Please let me know if you need better scans.

Thanks,
Alan

[aelefson]

Here is a 600 dpi scan attached through imgur to aid with identification. Thanks again for any help you can provide!

Alan
http://i.imgur.com/42bwtq4.jpg

[david_l]

Sorry to dig up an old thread but being that Bloomington, IL is down the road from me I can say with near certainty that the picture is from the Bloomers.

Take a look at this..

http://alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/items/show/21201

and

http://alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/items/show/21190


If you want more info on the picture I'd contact the McLean County Historical Society. They're pretty good at piecing together the history of the area.

Beautiful postcard BTW..

[aelefson]

Thank you David! I really appreciate the information and lead for the historical society. I will contact them this week.

Alan