Tubby Spencer, the Detroit Tiger catcher, poses in front of the grandstand at Jungle Park (presently Richards Park) in Waxahachie during Spring Training circa 1917.
For the full story of the Major Leagues in Waxahachie see this Research Note: <<Spring Training in Waxahachie>>
This print of Harry Heilmann was issued by Felix Mendelsohn. While not a photographer himself, Mendelsohn issued a set of cards, the M101-6 set, which this image was included within.
This picturesque image of Larry Doyle was taken by Louis Van Oeyen at Forbes Field in Pittsburg on September 19, 1911. The date is noted on back in Van Oeyen’s own hand. A check of the boxscores shows that the New York Giants indeed played…
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…