Photo of women players - Western Bloomer Girls?

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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.

I was hoping to catch lightening in a bottle and see a photo of a known Bloomer Girl team and maybe match up one of the people to get an idea of which town it is.

I was also thinking the numbers on the back could be phone numbers? 7 digits and added later. They are very light, but one seems to say 'Mother' and the other 'Cass'.

Joann