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JoannI think it may be a Star Bloomer Girls team, but am not sure. The Boston and Star Bloomer girls preceded the Western Bloomer Girls teams that were started around 1911. I didn't think this one looked like it would be a Western team.
The star logo on sleeve and "Star" in team name are the reasons I'm wildly guessing at Star Bloomers. The Western Bloomer teams all included two or three men. I'm not sure about the Star and Boston Bloomer teams, but think they might have as well. There are three men included in this picture, all in the back row.
But I don't think I've seen a captioned card (as opposed to a plain photo) of any Bloomers team that did not include the word "Bloomer". The Western B and Star Bloomers PC's that I own and have seen all indicate that they are Bloomer teams, and this one doesn't So I'm not sure.
And why would a Cinti team be called the St. Louis Stars?
Dan - it never occured to me for a single second that the uniform tops were warm up jackets. Wow. It surprises me that women's teams would be that extensively equipped, but I think you are right.
Finally, someone on the card side pointed out that the swastikas (covered by the black boxes in the scan) were widely used as a Native American symbol. One of the first things I thought when I got this card was that at least a few of the players might be women of color (front row right, and front row second left in particular). Anyone think one or more may be Amer Ind?
Any other uniform tips would still be appreciated. I don't want to limit responses to this card only, but also invite any info about uniform evolution in general.
J