Girls! Girls! Girls!

[jmk59]

Deb!

Good to see you. I have a PM in my mailbox right now that I have not had a chance to respond to but thought might be of interest to you. Someone here has photos of ancestors (female) in bb uniforms. He knows who they are but not the team. I immediately thought of you and your interest in players. I will call his attention to your post.

I have added several items to my collection since we met. I may even have found the list of items we discussed. :-)

For all on Net54, Deb is writing what will probably be the defnitive book on female vintage bb teams. She is traveling the country as time is available researching teams and players. She immediately identified several photos and people from my collection that had me mystified and even had, at her fingertips, articles and references from newspapers of the time to people in my cabinets and PC's. It was amazing.

Deb and her mom came to Grand Rapids, and we had the most delightful visit and dinner. We met at the library, and the only place where we could talk was the children's area, which was empty. It was sort of comic - we sat on tiny chairs that were about a foot high around a short table enthusiastically comparing notes on everything from my photos to her research to a Bloomer Girl billboard that appears in a Mickey Mouse/Steamboat Willie short!

Good times. Any help anyone can give her would certainly go to a good cause.

Deb - hope all is well with you.

J

[jmk59]

Andy, I don't think I know where the North End team is from. It's one of my favorites though, between the smoking and the Who reference (5:15!) I don't think it was postally used. I know some people don't like anything on the backs of their PC's, but I always hope mine are postally used because the postmark is often the only slight tiny bit of info I have as to where it might be from. I also have 3 that have writing that makes it clear that the sender is one of hte people in the picture on the front.

Thanks again for the kind words all. The magazine is awesome. And I'm glad you are working on your misprints Johnny - those were some detailed threads on the printing process for sure!

J

[deebro041]

Joann those are some awesome photos. The Female Giants photo the catcher has a ginormous glove! Also the Women's team photo in dresses in the studio, i love them ring bats, great stuff thanks!

[E93]

Deb,
Good luck with your book. I look forward to reading it when it comes out.
JimB

[irishdenny]

Hey There Joann,

Missed your Character Building Intellectual Posts, Truly!

I've owned & seen some Women Player cards & PC's over the years...

and I just now had a thought... I just realized that some of the healed shoes they use to wear must of been murderous on their feet! Or maybe the Heals were just for the Photo shoots? They do seem to dress up a bit more for what would seem a formal shoot, vice the closer to the field photo's... Whattya think, Any thoughts?

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by E93

Deb,
Good luck with your book. I look forward to reading it when it comes out.
JimB

Sounds like a great book, looking forward to it as well

[rc4157]

Hi Joann,

Good to see you posting! Like many others, I always enjoyed your viewpoint on many threads.

RC

[Leon]

Hey Deb and Joann,
Glad to see you delightful ladies posting. It adds another dimension to the board that we are sorely missing.
Joann- great looking items as always. Hope you are well.
kind regards