Late 1880’s baseball glove?

Many fielders in professional baseball in the mid to late 1880’s did not wear a glove. It was even seen ‘unmanly’ by some. The Billy Sunday museum home in Winona Lake has a glove on display that may have been his personal glove when he played. It looks much like the glove below. His baseball card below shows a glove similar to what is pictured here as well.

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Author: Kraig McNutt

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