A little uniform identification help

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Posted By: dstudeba

Hi, I offered the below card on the BST page and someone asked if the he was pictured as a Boston Brave or a New York Giant. I have no idea which one of those clubs it is or if it is another club. Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks!

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Posted By: Paul Carek

If you check out the "Dressed to the Nines" section for Gowdy (go to his page on baseball-reference.com and scroll all the way down), you'll see that Boston had a patch on the left breast from 1915-1920 (instead of a B). My guess is that on the card, he's in a Boston road uniform from that era.

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Posted By: dstudeba

Thanks!! I checked on VCP, and it looks like this E120 Americal Carmel card might have been from the same photo shoot and shows the circular Braves patch better. Also VCP dates the V100 issue from 1922 which he played only for the Braves instead of 1923 where he split the season.

(image from VCP)

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Posted By: dstudeba

Here is an earlier discussion about the dating of the V100 issue which points towards it being a Brave uniform.