McGraw kneeling along the baseline. This photo has extensive editing marks for publication. Famous image of McGraw by Charles M. Conlon.
Stellar image of Matty McIntyre when with the Chicago White Sox circa 1911. Photo is by noted photographer Louis Van Oeyen. It is rare to find mounted Van Oeyen images. His stamp is on back. Also note the hole in the palm of McIntyre’s glove.
Corsicana was the birthplace of the Texas oil industry, as oil was discovered there in the 1890s, well before the famous Spindletop in 1901 in Beaumont. Note the oil derricks in the background at left and at far right. The photo was published in the…
A.J. Schumann postcard of the Chicago White Sox’s South Side Park entrance in 1908. Advertising was part of the game even way back when. One can imagine the crowds spilling off the trains and into the ballpark. For images of the complete Schumann Chicago stadiums…