1865 Eureka, Newark

This rendering is based on partial or inconclusive visual documentation for uniform style only. Color information is unknown and the uniform is rendered in values of gray. Other important details may also be undocumented or difficult to determine and an artist’s conceptualization is used to complete the rendering.

Rendering accuracy:

Year: unconfirmed    Team: documented

Visual documentation on this uniform:

Dated Nov 4, 1865. Detail of C Thomas (60, 64-67) at left, full engraving at right. Printed in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. It is likely some players were drawn from photographs taken in the early 1860s or late 1850s and therefore uniforms depicted may not reflect the year 1865. Years player with team from Marshall D. Wright, The National Association Of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870 (2000).

Written documentation on this uniform:
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Team genealogy: Eureka, Newark, 1860-1868
Eureka was formed in Newark, NJ, before the 1860 season and subsequently joined the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP), baseball’s first organization operating 1857-1870. Eureka chose to remain amateur with the era of open professionalism approaching and subsequently played their last competitive games in 1868. Information from John G Zinn, Peter Morris and others, Base Ball Founders (2013).