Is this photo baseball or football?

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Posted By: robert a

Any ideas on this one? Baseball or Football?
Date?



Thanks for any info.

Rob

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Posted By: Steve M.

Puffy pants would lead me to suggest football. Now if they had puffy shirts that would suggest Seinfeld

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

It's baseball. circa 1895-1910.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Agree with Dan. The button up shirts aren't football.

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Posted By: E, Daniel

Tunic looks baseball, pants look football, shoes/boots look football, and the guy standing far right is wearing shin pads (perhaps also second from right and second from left too....). I haven't seen any baseball players wearing shin pads in old photos before..??


Daniel

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Posted By: robert a

Thanks guys.

Couldn't imagine playing ball with heeled shoes.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Those shirts wouldn't last through the first half of a football game. This photo is definitely baseball. Quilted pants were commonly used for baseball in the 1890-1910s.

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Posted By: Joann

I think that padded pants = baseball in 1890's. Also, I'm not sure I've ever seen a picture of a football team from any era that didn't wear a shirt that was pullover - turtleneck, t-shirt, sweater, etc.

My guess is baseball, very late 19th C.

Any idea what the P.H. on the jerseys means?

Joann

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Posted By: davidcycleback

My guess is many HS folks wore the same pants during baseball and football season. A key is that football players wore sweaters not button up shirts.