c.1910 USA photo baseball photo player sliding into base

Action photo of an amateur baseball player sliding into a base

Mounted on cut-out photo album page

3 ⅝” x 4 ½”

1. Uniform Style

• Striped uniforms (especially vertical pinstripes on full shirts and pants) appear in amateur and collegiate teams from the mid‑1890s onward, but become common only after 1905.
• The solid dark uniform worn by the fielder is typical of 1900–1915 amateur clubs.
• The absence of numbers on the back of jerseys is a major clue: numbers were not widely adopted until 1916–1920, and even then mostly in professional leagues.

Dating contribution: strongly suggests pre‑1916, likely 1905–1915.

2. Equipment

• The glove on the ground is a pre‑web or early‑web glove, small, thin, and pancake‑like. These were standard 1890s–1910s; by the early 1920s gloves become noticeably larger and more padded.
• The runner’s slide technique and the fielder’s bare‑hand posture are consistent with dead‑ball era play (roughly 1900–1919).

Dating contribution: 1895–1915, strongest around 1905–1912.

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