Never mind not the St. Louis team I thought it was...

[JeremyW]

I saw that photo on Ebay & the seller said the photo was marked St. Louis, Michigan. I didn't realize that there was such a place, but I would guess that he/she was correct.

[pencil1974]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

I saw that photo on Ebay & the seller said the photo was marked St. Louis, Michigan. I didn't realize that there was such a place, but I would guess that he/she was correct.

I saw that as well but its on the cabinet part, what is strange to me though is that the photographer Sperry is out of Washington and St. Louis Michigan is a such a small place with no baseball history what so ever. I looked up their archives and then don't mention anything on baseball but they were happy to get electric in the early 1900's.

[pencil1974]

On a side note this would be a lot easier if people would have kept a better history of things with photos so thinking ahead 130 years people like us could figure things out much easier on the internet. Selfish is what I call it.

[pencil1974]

Finally got the photo today. Card is very much authentic, photo is super crisp. The emboss on the bottom does says:

Sperry Extra Premium St. Louis Mich.

A little research and the only photographer named Sperry lived in Oregon. I've been not able to find one cabinet photo of any kind for St. Louis Michigan in the 19th century. The size of St. Louis Michigan too is really small, it had only 4000 people living in the 3.5 mile square town. Does it really make sense that they had a baseball team with what looks like pretty nice uniforms for that time. Maybe so I guess but call me a little skeptical on that one.

Any way thought you guys might like to know.

[khkco4bls]

baseball was everywhere at that point

[packs]

Is it an original photograph? Or is it a print mounted to a cabinet? It doesn't look like your typical first generation photo. It looks more like a mounted Reach-type photo to me. But I can't tell.

[pencil1974]

Here are a couple of photos that I took. One black light and one to show the glare that light reflects off the photo.

[pencil1974]

Originally Posted by packs

Is it an original photograph? Or is it a print mounted to a cabinet? It doesn't look like your typical first generation photo. It looks more like a mounted Reach-type photo to me. But I can't tell.

Photo mounted.

[pencil1974]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

baseball was everywhere at that point

Maybe they had a great tailor in town.

[ramram]

Definitely looks to be the real thing. Unfortunately, it must be a St. Louis, Michigan team. Great photo though and great uniforms.

Rob M.

[Butch7999]

Small didn't necessarily mean "poor." Mineral springs in the immediate area evidently made St Louis
a popular late-19th-century travel destination as a spa and resort, similar to French Lick, Indiana not too much later.