Shot of Jake Stahl from 1908, the only year he played for the New York Highlanders. The image is by the Pictorial News as we know by the red stamp that is barely bleeding through at the upper left. This can be seen in an…

Some of the earliest images of the Polo Grounds in New York that you will ever see. Based on the stadium configuration and uniforms these images are likely from 1901.

This is an image of Jim Jones of the New York Giants by early baseball photographer Hugh O’Neil circa 1901-1902. O’Neil’s name can be seen in pencil at lower right on the mount. The “Fielder Jones”, means he is a fielder, not that the player…

This image is from circa 1905 and was taken by noted photographer Louis Van Oeyen. We know it is no later than 1905 because it appeared in the 1906 Lajoie Guide issued before that season.

A contact print of Rube Marshall of the Philadelphia Phillies taken in 1912 at the Polo Grounds in New York. Contact prints with Conlon’s home address stamp are rare.

Very early image of the Polo Grounds in New York circa 1901. It appears the New York Giants and taking on the Chicago Orphans, not the sign near home plate advertising the next game between New York and Chicago. Also note the sheets used to…

Drummond Brown while at Yale circa 1910. Brown appeared in the Majors for a cup of coffee a few years later.

Interesting example of how Conlon edited his work for publication. His handwritten notations are on back and instruct the publisher on how to much the umpire closer for publication. Shown in the gallery is the resulting published work.

Contact print of Al Mattern by Charles M. Conlon. It has Conlon’s early 1910’s home address stamp on back.

Later print image of Ty Cobb sliding.

Die cut image of Joe Wood which has been mounted and designed for publication. The image is by Charles M. Conlon.

Action shot of Hauser by Charles M. Conlon. This image has one of Conlon’s stamps with his home address from early in his photographic career. The image was used for Hauser’s 1912 M101-4 supplement.