Help date this Tufts baseball cabinet team photo - 1880s to 1890s?

[Huysmans]

Hey Jim, looking at the quilted pants and what appears to be a webless workman's glove, I'd say very late 1890's. Cool photo.

[vintagesportscollector]

Others may have seen this, as it is the first image that pops up when you google Tufts Baseball 1890, but this colorized photo is gorgeous...and love the dog!

http://www.reddit.com/r/ColorizedHis...udio_portrait/

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[Runscott]

1900-1905

The glove has more of a 1905-ish shape and from that image I can't tell whether or not it has a web. I wouldn't be startled if it was as old as 1895.

[T206Jim]

All excellent points and the Tufts link is a great resource.

Although I have seen shots with Tufts rounded this is most extreme example I have seen. The question also occurred to me whether this is a Tufts sponsored team or a student formed team.

The 1890 photo is interesting, looking at a b/w version online, there are similarities with the cap and striped undershirt and the quilted pants on one 1890 player. Is it possible that the man on the top far right is the same man, sans mustache, as the one on the far top left of the 1890 photo?

Interesting to speculate on though. I'll send a copy to Tufts athletics and see if they have any insight.

[vintagesportscollector]

At first I thought the glove on the guy to the far left in the second row had a web, which would put it later than in 1890...but they colored his thumb the same as the glove making it look like a web. Adds nothing to this conversation , but I found that interesting.

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[vintagesportscollector]

Also worth noting may be the number of players. Not surprising that an unofficial team would only have the minimum number of 9 players, while the official Tufts team would have more, with subs.