c.1910 Original Western Bloomer Girls

"The Original Western Blooomer Girls" have gathered on a real photo postcard, which includes what looks like a female expedition leader in full regalia. "Ladies Champions Base Ball Club." Postcard depicting 11 team members posed in a studio setting with period baseball equipment visible in the foreground. 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.