Help Needed with 1890's Baseball Photo - St Louis Uni
 

Posted By: <b>Keith</b><p>Hey guys,<br />Had a good day at the estate auction today and picked up a large group of vintage sports photos and post cards (I'll share the rest in the pickups thread when I get a chance). I wanted to share 1 photo in particular. It is a photo of a baseball team that I believe is of Ohio Northern University (ONU) I was dating this as late 1890's - is that dating accurate? I know alot of you guys know vintage gloves and bats a lot better than I do so that may help you date it more accurately. My major question regarding this item, pertains to 1 of the players. While most are wearing generic baseball sweaters/uniforms, 2 are wearing shirts marked with ONU, while 1 is wearing a uniform shirt that appears to read St. Louis. The style of the St with the T and a dot under it is very similar to the style worn by Comiskey in the scraps series. What are your thoughts about this player. Is he most likely wearing a shirt donated to the school by the Major League club? Could he be a St Louis player visiting the school? Something else?<br /><br />Any input is great appreciated.<br /><br />thanks<br />Keith<br /><CENTER><br /><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n193/kjjavic/ONU1.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n193/kjjavic/ONU5.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n193/kjjavic/comiskey.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n193/kjjavic/ONU3.jpg"><br /></CENTER>

Help Needed with 1890's Baseball Photo - St Louis Uni
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Keith, I can't really help you other than to say this photo is definitely 1890s. I'd also like to say you dig up some great stuff.

Help Needed with 1890's Baseball Photo - St Louis Uni
 

Posted By: <b>Keith</b><p>Thanks Dan.<br />Does anyone have links to 1880's -1890's St Louis Browns Team photos. <br />The man in the St Louis jersey does bear some similarities to Comiskey, don't you think?<br />The closest to a team photo I could find is this more of a woodcut photo<br /><br /><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n193/kjjavic/Browns1885photo.jpg">

Help Needed with 1890's Baseball Photo - St Louis Uni
 

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Help Needed with 1890's Baseball Photo - St Louis Uni
 

Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>A guess (repeat, guess) is it's St. Louis University and Olivet Nazarene University (IL), both which are private Christian colleges near each other.

Help Needed with 1890's Baseball Photo - St Louis Uni
 

Posted By: <b>Keith</b><p>Thanks David, could be it; but Olivet Nazarene University wasn't founded until 1907 and I'm not sure when there baseball team started. Don't you think the photo looks older than that? I will obviously defer to you as to the age of the photo.

Help Needed with 1890's Baseball Photo - St Louis Uni
 

Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>The ONU was the big guess. There are other ONU colleges, such as Ohio Northern.