Vintage Baseball Ladies

[Spike]

That is one heck of a hat!

Originally Posted by molenick

Here is an 1870s tintype of a Vassar player. More info (and a better photo) can be found on pp. 18-19 of Baseball: An Illustrated History by Ward and Burns (the book is the companion to the Burns documentary).

[1880nonsports]

on the NS sister site I believe we uncovered evidence by way of newspaper clippings that the Ginter women were paid actresses. I too believed they were most likely the employees/cigarette rolling girls - especially given the apparent porcine figures on them dames. The Duke presidential club examples superimposed the candidates head's on what was likely a retread from the same photographer - when I collected this tangent I was never able to match between the Duke and Ginter examples.
Tobacco companies spent a LOT of money on these promotions - maybe 2 cents of every nickle - they were not opposed to repurposing and re-issuing things. I DO believe that a contract for the black stocking nine was found.

[molenick]

Originally Posted by Spike

That is one heck of a hat!

I looked at it with a loupe and I can clearly read ABBC. Those letters are either preceded by a vertical line, the number one, or an I.

[molenick]

Since Leon started this with postcards, I thought I would post some of mine as well.

[rman444]

Great stuff everyone! Here is one of my pictures of ladies.

[molenick]

Originally Posted by rman444

Great stuff everyone! Here is one of my pictures of ladies.

Thanks for posting that, I've never seen a women's team tintype before. Here are my two other tintypes of ladies. Despite the fact that there is no equipment shown, I am pretty sure these are baseball players. The woman on the left has crossed bats and a ball on her bib and I'm not sure what the two on the right would be dressed for except baseball.

[gonzo]

Working on a lineup.

[71buc]

Here a few type 1 photos of ladies in my collection. The first is a pair of 1910 Myrtle Rowe photos and an interesting article I found about her. Next is a 1943 photo announcing the upcoming tryout for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Lastly here's a 1954 photo of Connie Morgan of the Clowns. She was signed to replace Hank Aaron.