Tris Speaker as a young player shown in Hot Springs, Arkansas for Spring Training. An unmounted photo from a cabinet photo set issued of the 1910 Boston Red Sox. A Hooper from this set is also in the Collection.
Tris Speaker photo circa 1909 based on the uniform. One of Speaker’s finest on field images, this pose is just a tick off of his T3 image. The shot shows Speaker in his road uniform and was taken in Detroit’s Bennett Park as evidenced by…
Charles Conlon die cut photo of Babe Ruth with the Boston Red Sox circa 1918. Printed in the 1930s from the original negative.
Roush demonstrates his classic slap hitter style, he was perhaps the preeminent place hitter of his generation. This photo shows him with the Newark Peppers of the Federal Leaugue in 1915. Here is a paragraph from SABR’s bio on Roush: “Roush wielded a short, thick-handled…
Charles Conlon photo of Kid Nichols in 1904, Conlon’s first year of Conlon’s baseball photographic career. Photos of Nichols are very rare.
1900 cabinet photo of Win Mercer, the Giants star who tragically committed suicide in 1903. This image is by noted early baseball photographer Elmer Chickering.
Iconic Christy Mathewson pose that was the basis for the Tuxedo tobacco ads featuring Matty. Here is a print ad from 1913, Tuxedo regularly used images of and endorsements from sports and entertainment stars of the day for their ads. This photo was taken and…
Mathewson demonstrates the raw power of his delivery. Taken by noted Collier’s war photo correspondent, J.H. Hare at the Polo Grounds, New York. Based on the uniforms, this photo dates to 1909.
Marquard at the Polo Grounds in 1909. This photo was shot by noted Colliers war photographer J.H. Hare, one of Hare’s few baseball photos. Note the early version of the Michelin Man ad on the outfield wall.
Wee Willie Keeler demonstrates his classic bunting form. This image was part of a series of three shots obviously taken at the same batting session. Ours is the center shot and is among the most iconic of Deadball images. Red Kleinow is the catcher behind…
Walter Johnson warming up at the Polo Grounds circa 1912. Rare close in full body shot of Johnson.
Classic portrait of Walter Johnson by George Grantham Bain circa 1916. This photo is a good example of editing marks that were made on these working press photos.