c.1910s Western Bloomer Girl postcard

Postcard depicting 10 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 eight 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."Ladies Champions Base Ball Club" Nine member team in uniform including eight women and one man, who is apparently manager with baseball equipment on floor in foreground. Front includes text location Watervliet, MI. The Western Bloomer Girls Club was founded in 1911 by Maud Nelson, one of the most successful female players who eventually became a team owner.