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…

John McGraw image by The Pictorial News Co. in 1903. Used in McGraw’s Science of Baseball books in the mid 1900s.

Jim O’Neill by N.E.A. in 1920.

Nick Altrock circa 1907 by the New York Herald.

Chief Flynn circa 1912.

One of the better portraits of Keeler. Taken in the 1900s, but printed in the 1920s by International Newsreel.

Frank Chance at the batting cage at Spring Training in Houston, Texas in 1914. Photo by Brown Brothers.

Roger Bresnahan and Jimmy Archer of the Cubs at the Polo Grounds in New York in 1915. Photo by Underwood & Underwood.

Intense photo of Collins circa 1910. From the Detroit News files.

Casey Stengel in circa 1916 in the early years of his career.

Reb Faber in circa 1915

In 1908 Hal Chase briefly played for the Stockton Millers while he was banned by the American League.