Any ideas where these old team photos came from?

[Old Hoss]

They are very likely cut out of 19th- and early 20th-century books. For example, I think the color image at the bottom is out of Harry Clay Palmer's Sights Around the World With the Base Ball Boys book published in 1893 (or is it 1892?). I will defer to the book and publication experts here for further details.

Hope this helps,
Charles

[barrysloate]

The color plate is actually from Palmer's Athletic Sports in America. It shows the Chicago White Stockings and the All-American team of all stars at the Villa Borghese in Italy, during the 1888-89 around the world baseball tour. I suspect the other photographs are cut out from various turn of the century baseball books.

[bmarlowe1]

FWIW, those are the 1889 Boston and Louisville teams.

[smokelessjoe]

Correct me if I am wrong... There appears to be a red border / edge / trim around ALL of the images you posted???

Is this hand colored in or is it part of the printed image?

If it is part of the print - then I would think these were cut from the same place?

[Chris-Counts]

Shawn, at first I thought the red might be printed, but on one of the non-sport images, there are doodles in red that match the patterns of the other doodles, which are in blue.

[smokelessjoe]

I see... So are you thinking someone traced each image in red and then cut it out?

[Old Hoss]

Thanks for the correction, Barry. I knew it was Palmer, just mixed up the actual books! Sorry for the initial misinformation.

Best,
Charles