Tris Speaker – First Cleveland Photo, 1916 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

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Tris Speaker – First Cleveland Photo, 1916

Louis Van Oeyen image used for the 1916 Jack Dunn Day Cleveland schedule card. Likely one of the first photos of Speaker as an Indian. Speaker came over from Boston that year.

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Tris Speaker, Cleveland Naps

Photographer/AgencyLouis Van OeyenImage Date1916Print DateOriginal print c. 1916Notes/Stampings on ReversePeriod Van Oeyen stampCard/Publication Use1916 Cleveland schedule postcardLocationUndeterminedDimensions4.25 x 8.5 in.MediumPhotograph - gelatin silver printStatusDeaccessionedShare