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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 46631, member: 44&quot;]That bat is/was called a ring bat. It seems ring bats had rings around them, surprise, surprise! This one has a white band logo flanked by double black rings. The bat may have a flat end. I&#039;m not sure because the lower 1/2 if the barrel is blurred.</p><p><a href="http://www.sports-memorabilia-museum.com/baseball-history/1890-reach-ring-bat.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sports-memorabilia-museum.com/baseball-history/1890-reach-ring-bat.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.sports-memorabilia-museum.com/baseball-history/1890-reach-ring-bat.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The girl&#039;s outfit may be a sport outfit, but not sure because the collar area seems too tightly buttoned. Like someone pointed out, sailor suit outfits were popular for both genders. Back in that day, c1900???, girl sports in academia was not unusual. I have seen pics of my grandmother at teacher&#039;s college (c1905), normal school, in a sailor suit gym outfit. The following page has at least 2 pics of girls&#039; basketball teams in sailor suit uniforms. Note that the collar area is definitely more open, looser, than on this girl.</p><p><br /></p><p>4th &amp; 5th pics up from the bottom, 1903 &amp; 1920 Unv. Of KY (then KY State College)</p><p><a href="http://ukyarchives.blogspot.com/search/label/basketball" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ukyarchives.blogspot.com/search/label/basketball" rel="nofollow">http://ukyarchives.blogspot.com/search/label/basketball</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...dress in this era was highly influenced by the advancing feminist cause, which after 1903 escalated to widespread civil disobedience Women modeled their behavior and appearance upon the Gibson Girl the popular image of the &quot;New Woman&quot;. n. Health fads of the 1890&#039;s and 1900&#039;s also encouraged women&#039;s sporting activities, particularly bicycling, which, in turn promoted sport clothing as a fashion.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/557531628841446428/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/557531628841446428/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/557531628841446428/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Top 4 pics:</p><p><a href="http://archives.syr.edu/exhibits/fashion_athletics.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archives.syr.edu/exhibits/fashion_athletics.html" rel="nofollow">http://archives.syr.edu/exhibits/fashion_athletics.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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