Honus Wagner holds a medicine ball at Spring Training in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1914. Many clubs trained in the popular resort. Note the hills surrounding the stadium
These two prints of Rube Manning are part of a motion sequence by Pictorial News Co. in 1907. We see him at the top of his windup on tiptoes and during his follow through. We know the image is 1907 based on the uniform. Note…
Charles Conlon photo of Albert Kip Selbach in 1904 with the Boston Red Sox.
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…