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A Photographic Treasury of Baseball’s Deadball Era

Image of Frank Chance taken by Francis P. Burke circa 1908. Burke was one of the foremost of Deadball photographers and based in Chicago. This image is a positive of the original negative which is in the Collection. It is likely this image was taken…

This photo comes from the George Michael Collection which had a focus on sliding images. The image was captured by Charles M. Conlon whose handwritten annotation appears on back. Interestingly, Conlon does not identify the players involved. The typed caption identifies the slider as Tris…

Photograph of Charlie Hickman of the Washington Senators in 1907 at Hilltop Park in New York City. The photograph is by Robert Tebbs whose exceptional images are rare.

Clyde Milan, Washington Senators circa 1910 by Harris & Ewing and distributed by Paul Thompson’s The Article Syndicate.

Circa 1910 shot of Stanage shot by Harris & Ewing and distributed by Paul Thompson’s The Article Syndicate.

Action shot of Hal Chase of the New York Highlanders early in his career. Based on the uniform and the background this was likely taken in Spring Training in Atlanta in 1908. There is a period Pictorial News Co. stamp on back with a couple…

Buy Now Perhaps Bender’s best known photo. This image was shot by Charles Conlon and was used for numerous card issues such as the T206 “No Trees” and T5 Pinkerton cabinet. Analysis of the scoreboard in the expanded image above determines this photo was taken on…

Jack Warhop of the New York Highlanders c. 1910 by Brown Brothers. Note the early Brown Brothers address on back.

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.

Buy Now – $2,900   Terrific mounted composite photo of the members of the 1910 pennant winning Philadelphia Athletics. Razor sharp images of the team. These images are not seen anywhere else.