1916-1920 Images – Page 2 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Zack Wheat – Conlon Photo, c. 1919

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Zack Wheat’s powerful swing captured by Charles Conlon. The second set of images at bottom, which are not in the collection, show Wheat’s signature on the back as well Conlon’s Stamp. This photo was also used for Wheat’s 1927 Exhibit card.

Tris Speaker – First Cleveland Photo, 1916

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Louis Van Oeyen image used for the 1916 Jack Dunn Day Cleveland schedule card. Likely one of the first photos of Speaker as an Indian. Speaker came over from Boston that year.

Babe Ruth – Red Sox, 1916

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Charles Conlon die cut photo of Babe Ruth with the Boston Red Sox circa 1918. Printed in the 1930s from the original negative. The Sporting News owned many of Conlon’s negatives. This image is from the Sporting News Archive and was used to produce a…

Christy Mathewson – Looking Natty, 1916

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Christy Mathewson in his distinctive 1916 New York Giants purple plaid uniform. This photo was take in the Polo Grounds in New York. Here is a full version of shot that has been blocked to achieve a shot similar to our image above.

Sam Crawford – Smiling and Swinging, c. 1916

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Sam Crawford in an uncharacteristic smiling pose. Here is seen exhibiting his left-handed swing.

Chief Bender – Trapshooting, 1917

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Bender is shown trapshooting with fellow ballplayers including his teammate HOF pitcher Grover Alexander who is wearing his Phillies sweater.

Chief Bender – Braves Field, 1917

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These snapshots of Bender on the mound in Boston’s Braves Field were taken in 1917 when Bender was with the Philadelphia Phillies. The photos are still mounted to the scrapbook page they were found in.

Chief Bender – Groundskeeper, 1916

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Chief Bender is seen borrowing the mower in Spring Training 1916 with the Phillies. Note the actual groundskeeper holding Bender’s glove.

Chief Bender – Phillies bench, 1917

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Bender is shown with other members of the 1917 Philadelphia Phillies. Pat Moran is on the ground at left and Grover Alexander is seated on the bench at far left. This was Bender’s last full year in the Majors.

Chief Bender – Conlon Portrait, 1917

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One of the best portraits of Bender. Taken by Charles Conlon, so clear that you can actually see Conlon reflected in the pupils of Bender’s eyes.

Chief Bender – In a Convertible, 1916

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This haunting image of Bender was taken in 1916 when he was with the Phillies at the end of his career.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Bain Series – Swinging, 1916

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This photo if part of a series of Baker shots that George Grantham Bain took in Spring Training 1916 when Baker first joined the Yankees after being bought for $25,000 form the Philadelphia A’s as shown in the news photo below. Baker is seen here…