Joe Tinker at the bat, and Roger Bresnahan behind the plate at the Polo Grounds in 1908. The script writing at right identifies both. One of the better in game images of Tinker. Photo by Brown Brothers. This image was used for Tinker’s E96 card.
1911 photo of Chief Meyers, with John McGraw standing at left, taken at the Polo Grounds in New York in April 1911 before it burned. Meyers is wearing the 1911 Giants home uniform and the player in the background is in the Philadelphia Phillies 1911…
Frank Chance at the batting cage at Spring Training in Houston, Texas in 1914. Photo by Brown Brothers.
Eddie Collins in 1914 at Spring Training. Photo by Brown Brothers.
Eddie Plank in 1914 by Brown Brothers at Spring Training.
Eddie Collins at Hilltop Park in New York in 1912. Photo by Brown Brothers and almost identical as a shot of Home Run Baker that is also in the collection.
Tris Speaker photo taken by Brown Brothers. The stadium backdrop, particularly the transoms at the back edge of the stadium roofing, indicate this is the Hilltop Park in New York, home of the Highlanders. Speaker is standing to the side of the batting practice cage.…
This mounted photograph was taken on Opening Day 1905 before the game between the New York Giants and Boston Beaneaters by Brown Brothers. We know the occasion as the uniforms match 1905 and the scene matches the newspaper article from the New York Times on…
Magnificent vista of the Polo Grounds during the 1911 World Series. The stadium had just been constructed that year. Views from Coogan’s Bluff are fairly common, views straight on from centerfield which show the bluffs above the stadium are much more uncommon. Note the spectators…
Nice image of Baker in his follow through in the upturned collar that he really seems to have favored. Brown Brothers image with the early “108 Fulton St.” stamped that has been covered over in purple.
Eddie Collins at the bat in Shibe Park, Philadelphia by Brown Brothers photographers.
This pair of Brown Brothers photos depict Chief Bender. A close comparison of the outfield wall shows the photos were likely taken the same day.