Specifically to the point about the Western Bloomer Girls portrayed on page 19 of Ken Burns's Baseball, note that the Western Bloomer Girls were formed by Maud Nelson, not Galbreath ... in 1911. The man at the far right in the image is NOT Joe Wood. The caption identifies him as a "future pitching star" but by 1911 he was entering his fourth year in the majors and certainly did not moonlight with the girls... I think Walter Johnson, however, may be posed at the middle!
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