photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>jamie</b><p><img src="http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5428/241b7on.jpg"><br /><br />Picked up this early image of a female ball player- I think this dates to the early 1900's (long before the AAGPBL) which makes the formal uniform a bit strange. Am I off on the date? Does anyone recognize the insignia?

photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Although I can't help much, the insignia appears almost certainly a "D" and it looks later than early 1900's- I would guess circa 1940, give or take. Sorry I don't know more about it.

photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>It is most certainly earlier than 1940 because of the uniform style and the photo type...I would guess it's more like circa 1910. I doubt you will ever find definitive proof of who or what team this woman played for. Looks like a Detroit uniform, but that style of "D" was common for many minor league, and town teams.

photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>There is something about the photo tones and the style of the woman's hair that doesn't look 1910 era to me. How about we compromise and say around 1930? Although I will agree the "D" looks exactly identical to the "D" you would find on say a T206 Cobb.

photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>jamie</b><p>i should have stated this earlier- what i have is actually a glass negative (with more of a brown coloring). the image you're looking at is a digital rendition so you can see what the actual picture is.<br /><img src="http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/37/67/24_1_b.JPG"><br /><br />my assessment of the date was based on the uniform style but i could be wrong- in fact im wrong much more than im write so it would be a good bet.<br /><br />ive seen similar styles of logos as the one in the picture for many minor league teams in the 1915-1925 era in my spalding guides so it's not much of a clue on locale. my thinking was that it would have been easier to identify an early organized women's league but i cant seem to find much pre aagbpl stuff

photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>I think its just a lady wearing a uniform, I dont think she played ball. why no glove, bat, or ball and the shoes sure dont fit. A lady wearing an old 1910 era uniform and posing. I think photo is from the 1910 era as the wallpaper, floor, shoes, etc. look like that era (or earlier).

photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>jamie</b><p>the shoes arent that unusual. heres an 1890's female ballplayer:<br /><img src="http://i19.ebayimg.com/01/i/05/e6/90/1c_1.JPG"><br />

photo id help (early female ball player)
 

Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I saw carefully dated/catalogued pictures in a State Historical Society with women playing baseball in very similar uniforms as the first picture. The photos were from the 1920s.