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A Photographic Treasury of Baseball’s Deadball Era

This striking image of Topsy Hartsel was taken by Charles M. Conlon in circa 1909 at Hilltop Park in New York. It bears Conlon’s handwriting on back. This image appears in McCabe’s Conlon book.

Red Dooin at the Polo Grounds in 1903 as captured by William Van Der Weyde. This image was used for a Police Gazette supplement In July 1903. Van Der Weyde was fond of photographing players at interesting angles such as the stadium wall receding into…

This image depicts Pennant Day on June 12, 1906 at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Giants were celebrating their first World Series pennant and had just finished with their parade through New York, the first World Series parade ever held. The cars the…

This image depicts Christy Mathewson, likely in Spring Training, in cicra 1904 to 1906. The uniform he was wearing was only used in 1904 and 1905. The postcard back is undivided which means prior to early 1907. Note the medicine ball at his feet.

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.