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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Joann
Just got this off ebay, and the dress, bat and catcher's mask all make me thing late 19th or early 20th century. But the glove on the one player makes me think twice - it looks kind of big (long fingers) for that era and I'm wondering if it may be a decade or two later. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: steve f
Very nice pickup . Unusual dimensions for a cabinet. my guess 1890-1900. Tough to see the details. Were there any studio/photographer indicators on the cardboard? |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Dan Bretta
1890-1910. Hard to say. The mask is definitely 1890s era, but the glove looks more like right around 1900. Nice pickup. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Anonymous
Mount and size felt 1900-1910 to me. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Joann
Thanks guys. No marks at all on the mount - just light pencil writing on back that may be ... phone numbers? Or something. Just strings of numbers. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: runscott
I'm going with 1890-1900 as well. leaning toward 1900. It wouldn't have been unusual to see an old mask used for many years after it was made. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Joann: what is the phone number of the babe on the end - she seems about right. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Joe D.
very cool item. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: steve f
Gil, I can't help you with that phone number, but you may be able to IM her; |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Joann
A friend of mine just forwarded a scan of a Western Bloomer Girls team just from googling around, and suggested I try to match photos. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: davidcycleback
The photo appears to be from the early 1900s. When I first saw the image, I thought they looked like Bloomer Girls-- and they likely are. As they are wearing identical baseball uniforms, they were part of a formal team-- and few if any college or high schools would allow women to use these types of uniforms or equipment. Women playing baseball casually in the back yard would wear their everyday clothes-- long skirts, blouses. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Joann
I missed the ramification of the uniforms at first until someone called it to my attention. The WBG league wasn't formally started until 1911, but before then there were many teams going back into the late 19th century that loosely called themselves Bloomer Girls - from whatever town they were from. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: davidcycleback
There were Bloomer Girls teams as early as the 1890s. Luckily for you, there were a limited number of teams, so you may be able to make a photo match with time. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Zach Rice
A collector friend of mine owns a postcard of the Western Bloomer Girls from 1906. Amongst the team is a very young Joe Wood. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: Jim Clarke
Not sure ofthe year on this card? I was told from an auction company that it was 1890...But I have my doubts... JC |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: davidcycleback
Jim, it's newer but that likely has minimal detrimental effect on its value. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: runscott
I have had very little luck researching Bloomer Girls teams - I have a scorecard with two 1911 Bloomer Girl games played in Iowa, first names for all players, and can't find any evidence of such a team anywhere on the internet. I did; however, locate some microfilm mentioning games the team had played in various parts of Iowa. |
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Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?
Posted By: davidcycleback
I had a handbill for a circa 1902 Bloomers game in Chicago. It was part of a three act show advertised for 'family entertainment.' I can't remember the other two acts, but it was on the order of 'Russian dancers' and 'Juggling act.' Even if they played hard and true, the Bloomers were essentially an act for entertainment purposes, like the others. |
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