Cy Young at the bat in Spring Training 1911. This photo was likely taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas in February where a conglomeration of Major League players gathered before joining their teams. Note the glove tucked into his waist and his Cleveland sweater. Judging by…
Home Run Baker scores a run during the 1913 World Series in Game 1. The A’s hunchback mascot and good luck charm, Louis Van Zelst, is there to congratulate him.
Honus Wagner holds a medicine ball at Spring Training in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1914. Many clubs trained in the popular resort. Note the hills surrounding the stadium
Jim Thorpe in Marlin Springs, Texas in 1914 for Spring Training with the New York Giants. Thorpe was the most celebrated athlete in the world at that time, although his talent never truly translated to baseball success.
Gorgeous sepia toned photo of the Rex Sox Golden Outfield of Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis. This is considered to be one the best outfields of all time.
Buy Now – $3,000 George Grantham Bain’s close in portrait of Speaker with his bat. It captures Speaker’s intensity. The new Fenway Park, which opened that year, is seen in the background. There are two different prints here with slightly different cropping and toning. These…
Tris Speaker photo circa 1909 based on the uniform. One of Speaker’s finest on field images, this pose is just a tick off of his T3 image. The shot shows Speaker in his road uniform and was taken in Detroit’s Bennett Park as evidenced by…
Roush demonstrates his classic slap hitter style, he was perhaps the preeminent place hitter of his generation. This photo shows him with the Newark Peppers of the Federal Leaugue in 1915. Here is a paragraph from SABR’s bio on Roush: “Roush wielded a short, thick-handled…
Christy Mathewson in his distinctive 1916 New York Giants purple plaid uniform. This photo was take in the Polo Grounds in New York. Here is a full version of shot that has been blocked to achieve a shot similar to our image above.
Iconic Christy Mathewson pose that was the basis for the Tuxedo tobacco ads featuring Matty. Here is a print ad from 1913, Tuxedo regularly used images of and endorsements from sports and entertainment stars of the day for their ads. This photo was taken and…
Christy Mathewson at the Polo Grounds in New York in his PM1 pin pose.
Buy Now – $1,500 Rube Marquard depicted in his first ever Major League game. Marquard was called up to the Giants on September 23rd 1908 after being purchased for $11K from Indianapolis that summer. He appeared in his one and only game in 1908…