Louisville Colonels PC info

[john.clowes]

I am looking at the style of the uniform, and am thinking that the photo is from an earlier era. Take a look at the belt style on many of the players. Those, to me, look like turn of the century if not earlier. Thoughts?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by john.clowes

I am looking at the style of the uniform, and am thinking that the photo is from an earlier era. Take a look at the belt style on many of the players. Those, to me, look like turn of the century if not earlier. Thoughts?

Lots of teams still used that style of belt into the 20th Century. I'm pretty sure this photo postcard is circa 1910.

[thecatspajamas]

Would still like to "see" the back if possible.

Looking back over what I have images of, in 1905 they were still using the cursive-style "L" on their uniforms, 1906 has vertical stripes like a referee's shirt, 1907 their socks had a big white stripe in the middle, 1909 has a very simple block-style "L" (see below), 1914 and 1915 they're back to the cursive "L", and 1916 does not appear to have a letter on the shirt at all.

That does leave some gaps (1904, 1908, 1910-13, 1917, 1918), but should help narrow down your searching. Good luck, and I would love to see what turns up!

[caramelcard]

Here's the back Lance:

louisville.jpg


And here's the other example that I don't own:

louisville2.jpg

[slidekellyslide]

Lincoln wore similar uniforms in 1906 to 1915

[caramelcard]

Looks like this solves the mystery on this PC:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221389574655...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Leon]

Originally Posted by caramelcard

Looks like this solves the mystery on this PC:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221389574655...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Some backs of old postcards can be very telling!!