Featured Baseball Player? RPPC

Seems like the guy might have been important, on a local level at least, surrounded by so many others for a photo. Or maybe he just stands out because of the uniform. It looks like his uniform might say *mpsons. No markings at to maker or location. Dates around 1910-1915 most likely. The guy in uniform seems to have his one eye shut. Might be swollen.

 

@Kronos....Boater style mens straw hats were in style in LATE 1800's to early 1900's.....looks like there are 5 'boaters' in the picture and, it looks like your Baseball player with the uniform on is only squinting his left eye....there are also just 4 men in the standing row with some sort of tags on their shirts as well! Hope you don't mind, I tried cleaning it up a bit & de-saturating it....can help when looking for things/info in an image.........

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Looks like AZO postcards with 4 triangles pointed up in the stamp box like yours were made between 1904-1918

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To further narrow down the date:
Divided Back Era (1907- ) Postcards with a divided back began March 1 1907. The address was to be written on the right side and the left side was for writing messages.

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So, 1907 would be the earliest

 

That looks right. 1910s. And a very good example of why it's important to get as much information as possible -- including photographs of backs -- in an initial post. A courtesy to save everyone time and effort. (This is a general comment and not criticism of anyone in particular.)

Debora

 

Sabre123 is correct on the era of the card. The image could be older as postcard manufactures re-printed cards sometimes decades after the original image was taken or used "stole' images from each other and from older photographs.

 

I could be wrong, but the jersey writing appears to read SIMPSONS.

Another player from that era:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354585377235

 

That eBay URL doesn't work, and it's a common problem.

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Took a look around and found a few other Simpson College, Iowa team photos and their uniforms seem to say Simpson, without an S at the end. The letter near the end on my rppc does not look like an N at least. Maybe it's just a crease/fold? Hard to tell. The S is the center letter/in the button area on my photo, and their uniforms seem to all have the letter P in that area. Could just be a different year thing.

Good find. Will have to look to see if there was any players that received extra attention in that era.

 

The guy on the ebay pic even has his collar up like the guy in your pic