Chief Bender in his Pinkerton T5 and scorecard image. The original photo is by Charles Conlon as seen in the Collection. Pinkerton, a tobacco company, issued the T5 cabinet cards with an actual photo print and also smaller postcard sized lithographic scorecard back and plan…
Charles Conlon photo of Albert Kip Selbach in 1904 with the Boston Red Sox.
Nap Lajoie in an early image. This photo was shown in the 1906 Lajoie Baseball Guide.
Cy Young at the bat in Spring Training 1911. This photo was likely taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas in February where a conglomeration of Major League players gathered before joining their teams. Note the glove tucked into his waist and his Cleveland sweater. Judging by…
Taken by a fan from the stands at Cy Young Day on August 13, 1908 at Huntington Grounds in Boston as the Red Sox played a team of American League All-Stars who were recruited for the occasion. Young is seen at home plate receiving his…
Home Run Baker scores a run during the 1913 World Series in Game 1. The A’s hunchback mascot and good luck charm, Louis Van Zelst, is there to congratulate him.
Conlon image of George Winter in 1904. It was the image for an embossed postcard in circa 1906.
Stunning photo of Vic Willis in 1909 in the newly constructed Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Perhaps the finest on field image of Willis that exits. 1909 was the last year Willis was with the Pirates and was also the year Forbes Field opened, thus definitely…
Vic Wills as photographed by Charles Conlon in 1904. Willis is shown as a member of the NL’s Boston Beaneaters. The photo was taken at Brooklyn’s Washington Park and the Guinea Flats Apartments visible in the background.
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.
Ed Walsh as captured by Charles Conlon in 1904. Two copies of the photo are shown, the larger one with the Conlon stamp on back. This is one of several 1904 Conlons in the Collection.
Honus Wagner holds a medicine ball at Spring Training in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1914. Many clubs trained in the popular resort. Note the hills surrounding the stadium