This Boston Red Sox scorecard is from the day Fenway Park was formally dedicated on May 17, 1912. While the park had been in use since the start of the season, the formal dedication was set for May 16, 1912 with engraved invitations to sent…
Detroit Tiger Bob Jones in 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training.
Detroit Tiger George Cunningham in 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas
Detroit Tigers pitcher Eric Erickson in 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training.
Detroit Tigers Manager and HOFer Hughie Jennings in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training in 1918.
Red Faber when the Chicago White Sox trained in Waxahachie, Texas in 1921. The stadium backdrop is Jungle Park.
c. 1909 image of Rube Marquard by Harry B. Collins, Jr. This image was used for his May 1912 Police Gazette supplement, but is a circa 1909 image based on the uniform and stadium background with no box seats.
Outstanding contact print of Oscar Vitt by Charles M. Conlon circa 1912. An excellent example of Conlon’s portrait work. Note Conlon’s handwritten identifier on the back of the image.
Sam Mertes in the 1905 version of the New York Giants uniform, note the period after the “Y”. Likely taken in Spring Training based on the background. Of particular interest is the reverse of a penny in the upper left corner, such type penny went…
This image is of the New York Highlanders at Hilltop Park in New York. That uniform was only worn in 1910. Based on the stream of pennants visible in the background and the wrapped stadium pole it is likely this was Opening Day or another…
This is the image that was used for Hal Chase’s center panel image in the T202 set. Not the script identification of “Chase” in the lower right corner. Here are the T202 front and back images.
Babe Ruth at bat in Spring Training in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1925. We can establish the exact year based on the follow through image that has the pertinent information on the paper slug on back and the N.E.A. April 1925 date stamp. In fact,…