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A Photographic Treasury of Baseball’s Deadball Era

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.

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

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

Ty Cobb and Bennie Kauff in Houston, Texas during Spring Training in 1916.

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.

This image of Bresnahan was shot against the infield wall at the Polo Grounds in circa 1905. It is part of a series of shots showing Bresnahan going into his crouch. It is reminiscent of the Mathewson sequence done by John C. Hemment. It has…