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Definitely way too young
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Thank You All...
....for the good observations and solid opinions. They could be the high school team sponsored by the company in the background. I was too excited at the possibility of a "Discovery" to notice the fresh faces. Still they got the "Royal" treatment on Main Street!! This should have gone into Leon's thread from 2 years ago regarding teams in the company of animals.
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It could be the Sioux City Packers Western League club. The building behind them appears to be a fire station.
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Found a photo of the Kansas City Packers' home opener in 1914 here... http://kcbbh.blogspot.com/2014/04/
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Hmmm, maybe a possible answer to the mystery?
Here's a photo of what may be the identical wagon, labeled with the company name "Morris & Company", perhaps the largest meat packer in Chicago and Omaha in the first decade or two of the 20th century. Is it possible that they had a sponsored team called the Packers? I believe that this photo is from 1906. Last edited by john.clowes; 10-02-2017 at 09:22 PM. |
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Agreed. The fact that real meat packers are in the photo doesn't help the theory.
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With the wagon it is logical to assume the team was located in a town with a meat packing/stockyards and a Morris & Company packing plant.
Options: Chicago: Very large Morris presence but I don't know of any pro level teams called the Packers. Still could be a semi-pro/company team. Kansas City: Morris had a large presence here. They got in via a shell company located in Boston then caught the other two major companies by surprise. The Kansas City Packers are an option. Sioux City: Primarily a Armour town, but Morris had a plant here for a while. Western league team called the Packers. They changed nicknames many times. 1905-07(Packers), 1908-09 (Soos) 1910-13(Packers) 1914-1919(Indians) and 1920-23(Packers). Omaha: Swift, Armour and Morris all had large presence. Local Western League team was not called the Packers until 1930. Omaha South high school was/is called the Packers. Some in the photo look young enough to be high school but not all. East St. Louis: Large Morris presence but I don't know of any Packers baseball teams in that area. There are a few others where Morris had a presence but I can find no baseball connection. Can you make out the logo on the hat?
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