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1861 Mercantile, Philadelphia
Independent
This rendering is based on visual documentation for uniform style and color. Some important details may be undocumented or difficult to determine and an educated guess is made to complete the rendering.
Rendering accuracy:
Year: documented Team: documented
Visual documentation on this uniform:
Photo A
Hand-dated 1861. Sheet music dedicated to the Mercantile Base Ball Club. Full view of cover at left, detail views of two different players at right. Players were depicted wearing a Civil War-style cap, a white shirt with a wide, decorative placket trimmed in blue, and blue-gray pants with a white stripe.
Written documentation on this uniform:
None
Team genealogy: None
Rendering posted: May 25, 2014
Diggers on this uniform: None (so far),