Nice image of Mordecai Brown from the collection of the Chicago Daily News circa 1909. Brown’s mangled pitching hand is clearly visible. Also of note is the phrase printed on the ballpark wall “Please do not throw bottles”, it was an interesting age!
Shown here are two snapshots taken later in Babe Ruth’s second game. Given the vantage point, the photos were likely taken by the same photographer as the real photo postcard of Ruth on the mound. They show the Red Sox pitchers who appeared after Ruth…
Art Nichols c. 1902 cabinet photo by Carl Horner. Nichols was with St. Louis from 1901 to 1903 and the back of our photo has a 1902 date taken handwritten note. The Horner mount lists his 11 Winter St. address which he used in the…
This 1905 image of Christy Mathewson was taken by Louis Van Oeyen. This print was used to produce the 1906 Lajoie Baseball Guide. You can still see the white back white residue in the lower right corner where the oval image shown below was pasted…