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Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan
Thank you both for explaining the absence of both Davis and Dunn from the team photo.
The cap that the players are wearing along with the proliferation of images on the Chicago Daily News site of Giants players wearing the same cap, e.g. Browne, Bresnahan, dated 1903, suggests that the 1903 Giants uniform on the Hall Of Fame database may require amending as it shows the caps for both the home and away uniform being dark.
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The Burr-McIntosh group photo of the team taken at the Polo Grounds has them in dark caps. A group photo published in the Chicago Inter-Ocean on September 21st has them in light-colored caps, confirming the images in the Chicago Daily News collection. The road uniforms must have had light-colored caps, and the home uniforms must have had dark caps.
In 1902, the light-colored caps wore worn at home. The group photo that we've been discussing was probably taken at the Polo Grounds, suggesting that the players were wearing their 1902 uniforms for the pre-season exhibition game.