Early career image of HOF catcher Ray Schalk taken at Spring Training in Mineral Wells, Texas circa 1916 when the White Sox trained there
Cartoon postcard with what we believe is Mathewson’s head superimposed over the cartoon figure of a baseball player. In 1910 Mathewson had become one of the few player’s in baseball earning a salary of $10,000 a year.
A.J. Shumann double panel postcard depicting the New York Giants playing the Chicago Cubs on August 29, 1908 in Chicago’s West Side Grounds. This was a critical game between the league leaders and featured a Hall of Fame duel as the Cubs’ Mordecai “Three Finger”…
A.J. Schumann postcard of a local baseball field in Chicago Heights in 1908. The only known Schumann postcard image of a baseball field that did not feature a Major League ballpark. For a look at all the images in the Schumann Chicago stadiums “set” see…