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A Photographic Treasury of Baseball’s Deadball Era

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1900 snapshots of West Side Grounds in Chicago

1900-1905 Images, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

1901 Bennett Park in Detroit, Opening Day

1900-1905 Images, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Detroit Tigers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Teams

1909 Huntington Grounds Opening Day panorama — Red Sox vs. A’s

1906-1910 Images, Boston Red Sox, Chief Bender, Collections, Danny Murphy, Deadball Stadiums, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Hall of Famers, Harry Davis, Harry Hooper, Ira Thomas, Jack Barry, Philadelphia Athletics, Players, Teams, Tris Speaker

1910 New York Highlanders at Hilltop Park

Agencies, Brown Brothers, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Photographs

1911 World Series at the Polo Grounds

Agencies, Brown Brothers, Deadball Stadiums, Photographs

1914 World Series — Boston Braves fans at Fenway Park

Agencies, American Press Association, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Photographs

1915 Chicago White Sox, likely by Francis P. Burke

1911-1915 Images, Buck Weaver, Chicago White Sox, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Francis P. Burke, Hap Felsh, Photographers, Photographs, Players, Teams

Boston – Fenway Park Facade, 1912

1911-1915 Images, Agencies, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, George Grantham Bain's News Service, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

Boston Red Sox — 1911

1911-1915 Images, Boston Red Sox, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Players, Teams, Tris Speaker

Boston Red Sox — 1915

1911-1915 Images, Agencies, Boston Red Sox, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Teams, Tris Speaker, Underwood & Underwood, World Series Images

Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Naps —1909

1906-1910 Images, Addie Joss, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Naps, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Nap Lajoie, Photographs, Players

Charles A. “Chief” Bender — Philadelphia Athletics 1911

1911-1915 Images, Agencies, American Press Association, Chief Bender, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Philadelphia Athletics, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams

Charles A. “Chief” Bender — Philadelphia Phillies 1917

1916-1920 Images, Chief Bender, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Philadelphia Phillies, Photographs, Players, Teams

Chicago – West Side Grounds, c. 1896

Deadball Stadiums, Photographs

Chicago West Side Grounds, c. 1908

Deadball Stadiums, Photographs

Cy Young Day – Ceremonial Presentations, 1908

1906-1910 Images, Boston Red Sox, Collections, Cy Young, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams