1870 Keystone, Philadelphia (Keystones)

This rendering is based on written documentation for uniform style and color. No visual documentation is known and an artist’s conceptualization is used to create the rendering.

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Visual documentation on this uniform:
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Written documentation on this uniform:
May 1870: “This afternoon [May 2, 1870] the Athletics will play their first game of the season with the Keystones, at Seventeenth street and Columbia avenue. The Keystones — who appear in their new uniform of mazarine blue shirts, pants, and caps — will play the following nine: […]” From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, May 2, 1870. Research from Ed Morton. According to Webster’s online dictionary, mazarine blue is a deep purplish blue.

May 2, 1870, Keystone, Philadelphia, v. Athletic, Philadelphia, at Philadelphia, Fifteenth and Columbia avenue: “The players of the Keystone Club wore their new uniforms of mazarine blue, and presented a very pretty appearance in comparison with the dull-colored suits of the Athletics.” From the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 3, 1870. Research from Ed Morton.

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