Brown Brothers – Page 4 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Walter Johnson, 1913 at the Polo Grounds

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This image of Walter Johnson was taken in 1913 at the Polo Grounds in New York. Johnson’s Washington Senators played against the New York Highlanders who started using the Polo Grounds in 1912, but only after the last game the Senators played against them that…

Zack Wheat, Washington Park, Brooklyn, 1912

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Incredibly sharp early image of HOFer Zack Wheat. Wheat is seen in a dark billed white cap with the Brooklyn “B” inside a diamond. This cap was only used in 1912. The stadium, with the gap between the grandstands is clearly Washington Park in Brooklyn…

Chief Bender T227 pose, circa 1911

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A crisp Brown Brothers photograph of Chief Bender in Shibe Park Philadelphia circa 1911. This shot was used to produce his 1912 T227 card, note the rotation of the image for the card which produces an unnatural tilt to his head. The original glass plate…

Eddie Collins Poised to Strike, c. 1910

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Eddie Collins at the bat in Shibe Park, Philadelphia by Brown Brothers photographers. A second copy of this image, which has been more tightly cropped, is also in the Collection as seen below.

Chief Bender – Spring Training, c. 1912

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This is a pair of Brown Brothers images, clearly taken at the same time and likely from Spring Training based on the ballpark.