Terrific closeup portrait of Tris Speaker by Charles Conlon circa 1912.
Images of Charles M. Conlon himself are exceedingly rare. This one depicts him performing his day job as a proofreader for the New York Telegram. Note the back lists “proofreader” before it mentions “photographer.” Baseball photography was his secondary job, but primary fascination. The note…
Ed Ruelbach photo by Charles Conlon taken at Washington Park in Brooklyn circa 1910. It also has Conlon’s home address 11th Street stamp on back
Collins at the Hilltop Park in New York in 1910 in a photo by George Grantham Bain. This must be no later than a 1910 photo based on the fact it was published in newspapers in 1910 and was the image used for the rare…