Help With Indians Jersey

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Originally Posted by jerseygary

I've owned a couple of these "replica" jerseys over the years. I had one of the Dodgers, Giants and Mets. Empire made jerseys for semi-pro and little league teams since at least the 50's I believe. Cosby Sporting Goods in Madison Square Garden still used to sell these when I was in high school in the mid-80's, I remember N.Y. Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies and Braves very clearly. They were close to the original design but a little cruder, thicker piping, chunkier script... not like the modern Ebbets Field Flannels which are very professional looking. I can remember these Empire replicas being sold in magazine ads as well circa 1982 and my little league team used old Empire flannel jerseys too. Around 1992 I contacted Empire Sporting Goods to see if they still made custom jersey's but they didn't seem very interested and I got the impression they were slowly going out of business.

Hope that helps a bit...

Gary,

A world of help that was. Thanks so much for taking the time to shed some light.

Good call on the mentioning of the script. That was one of the details I was getting hung up on. The 48 club probably had the closest uniforms to the one I've shown:



But the chest text was did in red with blue piping as opposed to the flat/simple Navy Text on the uniform I picked up.

Tell me this and I'll wrap up this post. Is it safe to say that this one was done before 1951 because of the logo on the sleeve? Or do you think theres a chance they could have produced the jersey later and just added the older logo? Trying to get a decent idea on the year of the piece.

Thanks again Gary.