Gravvy Cravath as photographed by Francis P. Burke of Burke & Atwell at Chicago’s West Side Grounds circa 1912. This image was used for his Cracker Jack and M101-4 cards.
Image of Tris Speaker at Fenway Park circa 1912. What is interesting about this image, and unusual for the period, is that portions of it have been hand colorized.
Snapshot from Spring Training in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the early 1910s. Duffy Lewis, Harry Hooper and Tris Speaker are show.
Mounted image of Red Ames circa 1904 and likely taken at Spring Training in Savannah, Georgia.
Nice mounted image of William Clarke of the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in New York.
A 1904 print of Claude Elliott by Charles Conlon. This was Conlon’s first year as a baseball photographer. The print is in standard size and format of most 1904 Conlon prints.
Rube Waddell was one of the most fascinating characters of the Deadball Era, or any era for that matter. In January 1903 during the offseason Waddell took a job as a player/coach for Rollins College in Ormond, Florida. He brought in fellow Philadelphia Athletics’ catcher…
This print of Harry Heilmann was issued by Felix Mendelsohn. While not a photographer himself, Mendelsohn issued a set of cards, the M101-6 set, which this image was included within.
c. 1903 Pictorial News Co. print of Wee Willie Keeler leaping for a high one. Likely take at the same time as the other 1903 Pictorial News image of Keeler which is in the Collection. This image was used for the front cover of the…
One of the best images of Young from late in his career. This image is from 1908 based on the jersey, note the “Boston” printed on the red sock on Young’s jersey along with the crisscross lace enclosure. The back tells us this image came…
This image of Clarke was taken by William Vander Weyde in circa 1903. It is shown in the Eastman Museum online collection of Weyde negatives. This print was also used to create this 1907 postcard of Clarke. The image was also used on this September…
Nice image of Sherwood Magee with the Cincinnati Reds in 1919, the year they won the World Series. By the N.Y. Sun.