Need a lil' team ID help

[3-2-count]

Need a little help guys. Trying to ID the team on the following rppc's. Jerseys say Washington, but can't pin point if it's a minor league or just a town team.
Love the coats. My guess, 1907-1910-ish era........ Thoughts??

[Kawika]

Tony: Uniforms look too nice to be a beer league team. Baseball-Reference.com has Washington minor league teams in Indiana (no info) and Pennsylvania (1905-07). The Pa. squad had Bill McKechnie in '06 and '07. Wishful thinking has him first row, second from left, ears & jaws maybe, nose probably not. Disclaimer: This is a wild guess. Really nice postcards, brah.

Iowa?? Disregard above wild hypothesis. Anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about.

[slidekellyslide]

IMO just a small town named Washington. It's possible that it's a minor league team there was a Washington, Indiana and Washington, Pennsylvania in the lower minor leagues at the time that photo could have been taken.

[3-2-count]

Not sure if it helps the search, but on the reverse it's stamped Frey's Studio Washington, Iowa. Headquarters for amateur supplies & finishing.

[slidekellyslide]

Washington, Iowa was never in any minor league. It's just a well dressed town team.

[3-2-count]

Thanks Dan. Well dressed they are. The players coats and medical bag sitting between the middle players legs, bottom row gives the photo a nice touch.

[Wite3]

Just had a thought...when did it become the fashion for people to smile in photos? We all have heard "smile" or "say cheese" but many of the early baseball photos I have seen rarely have the player(s) smiling. Just musing...

Nice postcards though!!

Joshua

[3-2-count]

Joshua that's a good point. In all older photo's, cabinets, etc, baseball related or not you saw very few smiles if any. Maybe everyone just had bad teeth.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

Joshua that's a good point. In all older photo's, cabinets, etc, baseball related or not you saw very few smiles if any. Maybe everyone just had bad teeth.

Exposure time for a photo was a bit longer for early photography. Ever notice 19th century photos with an animal where it looks like a blur but everything else in the photo is sharp? Easier to have a relaxed face instead of smiling.