Bloomer Girls - 1890s-1930s

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I've picked up some postcards and a cabinet card so far.
My favorite is a Boston Bloomers cabinet card. They were one of the first, and most famous, of the Bloomers teams, beginning in the mid 1890s. (many imitations seemed to latch onto the name later on). They featured Maud Nelson, who later ran her own Bloomer Girls team.


Here's two from the Western Bloomer Girls. As was the norm with virtually all Bloomer Girls baseball clubs of the era, the team was comprised of males and females, in this case, two men and nine women. In 1911, Maud Nelson (former Boston Bloomer Girls standout) formed and managed this Western Bloomer Girls team along with husband Joe Olson. This club originated in Watervleit, Michigan and represented the ladies' champion baseball club of the area.



And a few from the Star Bloomer Girls. Like other Bloomer Girls teams, the Star Bloomer Girls engaged in barnstorming across the country.