Outstanding contact print of Oscar Vitt by Charles M. Conlon circa 1912. An excellent example of Conlon’s portrait work. Note Conlon’s handwritten identifier on the back of the image.

Iconic image of Christy Mathewson that was taken by the Bain News Service in 1902 as part of a series. Below is a 1902 New York newspaper story featuring the image. This particular print was likely used in a 1909 newspaper article featuring several images…

Carl Horner photo of George McQuillan from circa 1908. It was used for his 1915 Cracker Jack card. Note the Horner blind stamp on the print. Horner’s blind stamp on an unmounted photo is incredibly rare.

This is an image of Jim Jones of the New York Giants by early baseball photographer Hugh O’Neil circa 1901-1902. O’Neil’s name can be seen in pencil at lower right on the mount. The “Fielder Jones”, means he is a fielder, not that the player…

This image is from circa 1905 and was taken by noted photographer Louis Van Oeyen. We know it is no later than 1905 because it appeared in the 1906 Lajoie Guide issued before that season.

A contact print of Rube Marshall of the Philadelphia Phillies taken in 1912 at the Polo Grounds in New York. Contact prints with Conlon’s home address stamp are rare.

Interesting example of how Conlon edited his work for publication. His handwritten notations are on back and instruct the publisher on how to much the umpire closer for publication. Shown in the gallery is the resulting published work.

Contact print of Al Mattern by Charles M. Conlon. It has Conlon’s early 1910’s home address stamp on back.

Die cut image of Joe Wood which has been mounted and designed for publication. The image is by Charles M. Conlon.

Action shot of Hauser by Charles M. Conlon. This image has one of Conlon’s stamps with his home address from early in his photographic career. The image was used for Hauser’s 1912 M101-4 supplement.

Photograph of Billy Goeckel when he was with the University of Pennsylvania c. 1894. Goeckel appeared in the Majors with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1899. Hemment was one of the early innovators of on-field game action. He is the father of the “photo-finish”.

McGraw kneeling along the baseline. This photo has extensive editing marks for publication. Famous image of McGraw by Charles M. Conlon.