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.

Terrific closeup portrait of Tris Speaker by Charles Conlon circa 1912.

Harry Ables of the Cleveland Naps, photo by Francis P. Burke of Burke & Atwell.

Early large Conlon print that also bears his later “Alden” stamp. What is most interesting is the “C.M. Conlon” autograph on back. His full signature is rare. He most often simply noted “Conlon” or “Conlon photo”.

This image of Tinker was taken by Francis P. Burke of Burke & Atwell. The image appeared in the October 24, 1910 Lincoln Daily Star newspaper. Note the paper tag on the original print which appears in the newspaper image. Battered, but beautiful!

Jack Pfeister by Charles Conlon circa 1910. It has Conlon’s 111th Street home address stamp on back.