1858 Flour City, Rochester

These renderings are based on written documentation only for uniform style and color. No visual documentation is known and an artist’s conceptualization is used to create the renderings.

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Visual documentation on these uniforms:
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Written documentation on these uniforms:
May and June 1858: “White flannel shirt trimmed with blue braid and pearl buttons, blue pantaloons with white stripe down outside seam and fancy trimmings of pearl buttons from ankle to knee.” From Priscilla Astifan, Peter Morris and others, Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870 (2012), referencing the Rochester Democrat & American, May 29, 1858, pg 3, col 3, and Rochester Union & Advertiser, June 19, 1858, pg 3, col 4.

August 4, 1858 v. Live Oak, Rochester at Rochester. “The Flour City wore blue pants, white stripe; orange shirt, white belt, blue body to their caps, and front-piece white.” From Porter’s Spirit of the Times, August 5, 1858. Research from Craig Waff, submitted to protoball.org.

Team genealogy: Flour City, Rochester, 1858-?
Flour City was organized in Rochester, NY, in 1858. The club took its name from the city moniker, a reference to Rochester’s flour industry. Information from Priscilla Astifan, Peter Morris and others, Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870 (2012).