Cabinet Photo Identification
 

Hey Guys,

Any thoughts on the team and year of this photo? It resembles sone of the early Boston uniforms but not matching exactly to any that I have come across. Thanks for your insight!

Taking a photo with a cameraphone at a 30º angle does not help. It needs to be done straight down and zoomed in on the image.

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My first question is where did you find it? Figuring out who the photographer is would also give a clue. They look like high school or college. Some college teams have long histories. Bowdoin College has had a team since 1867. They had no official manager until 1903. Brown University has also been around since the 1860's. The first perfect game in ML history was thrown by a Brown alum - J. Lee Richmond in 1880 for Worcester. They also produced the first Black play to play in the majors - William Edward White 1879 Providence Grays.

I picked it up at a local auction here in Central Illinois. The auction house listed it as Boston Bean Eaters but I rejected that notion before bidding. It looks like it could almost be the stairs of a college hall where it was photographed. Bradley had a college baseball team as far back as the 19th century. The signature looks like “Brugley” to me.

1920s