This image of Charles “Boss” Schmidt was snapped by a photographer from The Detroit News circa 1906.
Pete Alexander at the Polo Grounds in New York in 1913. Taken by the Bain News Service.
Billy Sullivan and Boss Schmidt, catchers for the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers respectively, relax along the outfield wall at Benett Park in Detroit circa 1910. This image was captured by a photographer from The Detroit News. It perfectly captures the essence of the…
Johnny Evers seen taking his cuts during batting practice at the Polo Grounds in New York in 1909. This negative from George Grantham Bain’s News Service is one of the earliest existing negatives from Bain as his services offices burned in 1908.
This glass Magic Lantern slide advertises Speaker’s move from the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Naps in 1916.
1916 photograph of Ty Cobb greeting Benny Kauff in Houston, Texas in April 1916 when the Giants and Tigers played an exhibition there in Spring Training.
Wid Conroy with the Washington Senators in 1910 based on the road uniform. Photo was taken by The Cleveland Leader’s staff photographer.
A massive close cropped image of an early career Christy Mathewson by the Paul Thompson agency. We know it is 1902-1904 based upon the uniform Matty is wearing. It is possibly 1902 based on the fact his teammate behind him is wearing a white cap…
Tris Speaker photo taken by Brown Brothers. The stadium backdrop, particularly the transoms at the back edge of the stadium roofing, indicate this is the Hilltop Park in New York, home of the Highlanders. Speaker is standing to the side of the batting practice cage.…
Dummy Taylor pair of photos, the larger of which is stamped by Paul Thompson with his earliest stamp. The photos were taken in the Polo Grounds in New York. Based on the stamp and the uniform this dates the photo to 1904 and is one…
This mounted photograph was taken on Opening Day 1905 before the game between the New York Giants and Boston Beaneaters by Brown Brothers. We know the occasion as the uniforms match 1905 and the scene matches the newspaper article from the New York Times on…
Iconic image of Willie Keeler snapped by the Pictorial News in Spring Training in Atlanta in 1903. The Highlanders/Yankees franchise was created in mid-March 1903 and accepted into the American League. This image was taken a couple of weeks later and is likely one of…