A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Roy]

The buggy driver is also not holding the horses reins, but has some sort of control rod in one hand. My guess is this buggy was made well into the automobile/motorcycle/bicycle period.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Either a walking stick // cane or a brake lever? I don't know when metal spoked wheels were available for bicycles, but that was a long time ago.

Anyway, clearly a posed photo...I just liked the look of the entire scene

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

Are those all ladies? Look at the heels on the shoes. ???

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Are those all ladies? Look at the heels on the shoes. ???

Yes & yes

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Pretty butch.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Pretty butch.

Really......

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Pretty butch.

Really......

Yup. The one on the right is the most convincing - as a tough and capable ballplayer. She'd be a hit in a lot of select venues and circles nowadays. The nicest part about the photo is how happy they are, which is very nice to see.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Pretty butch.

Really......

Yup. The one on the right is the most convincing - as a tough and capable ballplayer. She'd be a hit in a lot of select venues and circles nowadays. The nicest part about the photo is how happy they are, which is very nice to see.

I would be very reluctant to make such a characterization of person; just not my place to exercise such judgments. You might notice in many of the photos that the women generally tend to appear "tough and capable"; life was once upon a time was tough and if you were not capable, it would crush you under its heel. They all put me in mind of 2 of my great-aunts, tough, hard ladies that lived life to the fullest.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Well, I admire their toughness and don't see anything negative about them. For example, it must have been some trick to run the bases in those heels. And they are proud of their identification with the uniforms.

"Such a characterization..." I'm not sure what you mean by that . Though and confident , they are - or appear to be. I don't get what's wrong with that viewpoint of them. Plenty of women have come to characterize themselves as such in our contemporary society , though some folks may not be supportive about that. I am. And I said so in reaction to the photo. If I wasn't clear about that, I trust this further explanation was clarifying.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well, I admire their toughness and don't see anything negative about them. For example, it must have been some trick to run the bases in those heels. And they are proud of their identification with the uniforms.

Indeed. But, I'm guessing that they were unable to find a women's shoe suitable for playing baseball at that time, probably did not exist at all, and made do with those. Something about a uniform.....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The Catholic Nuns who taught me as a boy, during the 50's, Sisters of St. Joseph, wore shoes precisely like those on the two ball players . Wish I had pictures, but we kids rarely ever got to see their shoes under their full-length habits, let alone memorialize them in pictures, usually not encouraged.

Funny thing is about this conversation , my father used to sponsor picnics for the entire parish convent, during which the Sisters would gleefully play softball , literally kicking up their heels . No pictures of those joyful days, though, except in my heart.

This Sister was particularly good at running the bases after a good hit, and did so in the exact habit you can see here.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

This Sister was particularly good at running the bases after a good hit, and did so in the exact habit you can see here.

Might have made sliding into 2nd high to take out the person covering 2nd from making the throw to 1st,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

This Sister was particularly good at running the bases after a good hit, and did so in the exact habit you can see here.

Might have made sliding into 2nd high to take out the person covering 2nd from making the throw to 1st,

I realize you are being jocular (and I think I would have paid money out of my allowance to see what you mentioned happen!!!!) but to be literal about such a phenomenon, I remember her running a lot, from base to base, and I recall the other Sisters cheering for her with considerable glee and enjoyment, but I do not recall any sliding into bases. In fact, the only time I ever saw a nun on the ground or floor was once when my mother and I visited the convent and saw a Sister on her hands-and-knees in one of the reception rooms scrubbing the already-shiny floor with a bucket-and-sponge, both layers of sleeves rolled-up and her veil pinned-back behind her head (also a phenomenon I only ever saw at the ballfield with them.)