Late Deadball Era image of HOFer George Sisler swinging. Image by N.E.A.

Kid Gleason, manager of the Chicago White Sox, in 1921 in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training. Photograph by N.E.A.

Detroit Tiger Oscie Vitt in Spring Training in Waxahachie, Texas in 1918. This photo was likely taken by Bob Dorman of NEA.

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…

Jim O’Neill by N.E.A. in 1920.

Earl Brooks was a pitching prospect for the Detroit Tigers at Spring Training in Waxahachie, Texas in 1918. Photo by N.E.A.

Doty Blades was a Detroit hopeful as a pitcher in Spring Training in Waxahachie, Texas in 1918. Photo by N.E.A. The second image is just a tick in time away.

These three images of Veach were captured in April 1918 at Jungle Park in Waxahachie, Texas during Spring Training.

Red Faber during Spring Training in 1918 at Mineral Wells, Texas. We know it is 1918 by the stamp and the uniform which the Chicago White Sox wore in the 1917 World Series. We also know it is 1918 based on this news photo which…