Cal Bear Baseball of 1898 in Living Color

Today's project, colorize a team photo of the 1898 University of California baseball nine.


I've had this team photo of the Cal baseball team for sometime, salvaged from the 1900 Blue and Gold, the Cal yearbook. The team went 6 and 6 that year, with wins over such west coast powerhouses as Fireman's Fund and Alumni. In the true test of season success, the Cal nine won 1 of 3 against Stanford. The colors are conjecture on my part, but I think blue and gold seems like a reasonable combination.


This will find a home on a cigarette case in the near future, possible some other products.