1911-1915 Images – Page 4 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Tris Speaker – Bain portrait, 1912 – $3,000

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Buy Now – $3,000 George Grantham Bain’s close in portrait of Speaker with his bat. It captures Speaker’s intensity. The new Fenway Park, which opened that year, is seen in the background. There are two different prints here with slightly different cropping and toning. These…

Addie Joss Day – Panorama, 1911

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A snippet from a larger Louis Van Oeyen panoramic photo of the teams lined up on Addie Joss Day. Joss, the Cleveland Naps star, had died of tubercular meningitis at age 31 in April. A team of American League “All Stars” came to Cleveland’s League…

Addie Joss Day dugout, 1911

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A photo by Louis Van Oeyen which belonged to Walter Johnson himself. The names are in Johnson’s own handwriting, note he did not label himself. (L to R) “Home Run” Baker, Joe Wood, Walter Johnson and WaJo’s catcher Gabby Street. A collection of American League…

Joe Jackson – Rookie Year, 1911

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Joe Jackson in his first full season in the Majors, 1911. Feb 1912 date stamp is visible under the photo which means this photo must have been taken during the 1911 season as Spring Training 1912 had yet to begin.

Ty Cobb and the Tigers Outfield, 1915

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Sam Crawford, Bobby Veach and Ty Cobb pose in this 1915 image. That outfield was one of the best in baseball history. Note the tobacco stains on Cobb’s pants. Ty Cobb is shown with trademark stare. This pose was obviously taken at the time, note…

Ty Cobb – Game Action Snapshots, 1913

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These two snapshots were taken by a fan in the first game of a doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Naps at Detroit’s Navin Field on Saturday, September 27, 1913.  Navin Field had just opened the year before and later became known as Tiger Stadium.  We know it…

Mordecai Brown – Palace of the Fans, 1911

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Snapshot photo of Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown which shows his mangled right hand as well as the outfield of the Palace of the Fans in Cincinnati which was torn down a few months after this photo was taken.

Philadelphia Athletics – Opening Day, 1911

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This composite photo of Opening Day shows Chief Bender scoring the first run of the season and President Taft throwing out the first ball.

Chief Bender – News Photo, 1911

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A great example of a press photo used for a newspaper article. This photo was used for this article in a October 1911 newspaper just prior to his appearance in the World Series against the Giants.

Chief Bender – Sepia Portrait, 1913

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Nice sepia toned portrait image of Bender. Photo by the American Press Association. Two copies of the photo are shown, it is interested to see the slight differences in tone and contrast.

Chief Bender – Cocked to Throw c. 1912

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Bender awkwardly cocks his arm in this posed photo.

Chief Bender – Warming Up, c. 1911

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Bender warms up in this working press photo. The Reference Department June 16, 1913 stamp indicates it was in the Cleveland Leader archive.