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And now for a case study in baseball fashions. One of my favorite blogs, Uni Watch studies the fine art of the uniform very closely. This 1911 image from Seattle’s Lincoln High School can tell us a bit about early baseball wear in the area. First note the stylishly popped light collar along with the sleeve and pant piping setting off the rest of the dark colored uni. The “Skull Style” cap is also in keeping with this scheme. One boy’s collar is darker and lacks flare while the jolly fellow on the left has a slightly different cap style. The matching dark stockings are there but the stirrups seem to be missing. All in all, a classic baseball uniform. Richie Sexson, if you’re reading this, don’t be afraid to show some stocking. Click on the image for a larger view. Oh, and who is that boy in the stands? Team manager perhaps?

Lincoln High School Baseball Team, 1911.

That School Days category is getting a little lonely, so I want to start a series on Queen Anne High School. I’ll be concentrating on this school as I’ve become very interested in its history, mostly stemming from its architecture originally catching my eye. More on that soon, but first I found this foreword from the 1942 Grizzly Annual and subsequent Principal’s Message from Otto Luther. As World War II raged, the writers of the Grizzly decided to look away from the bloodshed. Find the text below. And click on the images for a larger view.

Foreword of the 1942 Queen Anne High School Grizzly Annual.

A message to Queen Anne High School’s Class of 1942 from Principal Otto L. Luther.

Let’s start off a fresh new feature here at Vintage Seattle called School Days. This first installment is the basketball team from the 1930 edition of Queen Anne High School’s Kuay Annual Yearbook. I’m a bit of a collector of this school’s yearbooks, so forgive me if I borrow from it too much (why? I almost lived there… long story). So what can we learn? 1. Basketball uniforms used to be much more stylish. 2. Petterson was known for “hard checking” his man. Think he was on the hockey team too? 3. White left. 4. Elias Hamilton clearly illustrates that not much has changed in 77 years of basketball team managers. Hard to say if he enjoyed being called a “roly-poly lad.” 5. In 1930, you needed exactly one manager for every 2 players. Anything I missed?

Kuay Annual 1930. Page 90.	Kuay Annual 1930. Page 91.