1878 ca. Game in Action CDV - Pitcher? (large pic)

[Leon]

Originally Posted by molenick

Well, I was just going by the article saying the building did not have two steeples until 1876. Also by https://www.langdonroad.com/fo-to-fy having the earliest public reference to French, J. A. being 1874. I guess the article could be wrong and maybe there are earlier references to be discovered. But those are two clues pointing to the mid-1870s as the earliest.

I don't disagree on the findings but have you ever seen players in the 1870s dressed and playing like that?
It reminds me of this one..