This photo of Joe Wood dates to 1912 at Fenway, likely during the World Series as newspapers show the image in October 1912. The dark India ink masking was used for publication of the photo. The International News stamp on back is correct for the 1912 era.
Sam Crawford in his 1907 Wolverine News postcard pose.This shot perhaps best captures Crawford’s intensity.
The penetrating glare of Kennesaw “Mountain” Landis in 1918 when he was a Federal Judge in Chicago. A couple of years later he would become baseball’s first Commissioner, decide the 1919 Black Sox debacle and forever place his imprint on the game.
This image is of Ty Cobb. It was taken at Bennet Park in Detroit which was demolished after the 1911 season. The photographer was Detroit’s own Fred G. Wright who also provided the photography for the 1907 H.M. Taylor Detroit Tigers postcard set, as credited…