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This postcard from 1912 features the "Original" Boston Bloomer Girls baseball team. The inscription on the front commemorates the team's visit to Pratt on August 6, 1912. Despite the name, the team was based in Kansas City. The man in street clothes in the photo is believed to be Logan Galbreath, the team's organizer and manager. Bloomer Girl teams were popular novelty teams that barnstormed from town to town to play local nines. They usually included male players in addition to females.
Date: August 06, 1912
Item Number: 447095
Call Number: 2018-028
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447095
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Baseball
Date - 1910s - 1912
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Pratt
Places - Counties - Pratt
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Postcards
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