Louis Van Oeyen – Page 2 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Larry Doyle, Van Oeyen photo 1911

1- Photographs, Larry Doyle, Louis Van Oeyen, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

This picturesque image of Larry Doyle was taken by Louis Van Oeyen at Forbes Field in Pittsburg on September 19, 1911. The date is noted on back in Van Oeyen’s own hand. A check of the boxscores shows that the New York Giants indeed played…

Cy Young and Deacon McGuire, c. 1910

1- Photographs, Cy Seymour, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Players

Cy Young and James “Deacon” McGuire pose on a hotel veranda in circa 1910. McGuire managed Cleveland while Young was there from 1909 to 1911. The photo is by Van Oeyen and reputedly this and dozens of other Van Oeyen framed photographs of like type…

Addie Joss, c. 1908

1- Photographs, Addie Joss, Collections, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photographers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players

Image of Addie Joss at League Park in Cleveland. This photo is by Louis Van Oeyen, the noted Cleveland based photographer, circa 1908. Joss photos are very rare as he died at age 31 in the prime of his career. Even rarer are images of…

Nap Lajoie – Early Image, 1905

1- Photographs, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Nap Lajoie, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

Nap Lajoie in an early image. This photo was shown in the 1906 Lajoie Baseball Guide.

Tris Speaker – First Cleveland Photo, 1916

1- Photographs, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photos used for Cards, Tris Speaker

Louis Van Oeyen image used for the 1916 Jack Dunn Day Cleveland schedule card. Likely one of the first photos of Speaker as an Indian. Speaker came over from Boston that year.

Willie Keeler – Van Oeyen Photo, c. 1904

1- Photographs, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Willie Keeler

Keeler shows off his bunting form for photographer Louis Van Oeyen circa 1904. Van Oeyen’s stamp is just visible at the far right edge of the back of the photo.

Addie Joss Day – Panorama, 1911

1- Photographs, Addie Joss, Bobby Wallace, Collections, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photographers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Walter Johnson

A snippet from a larger Louis Van Oeyen panoramic photo of the teams lined up on Addie Joss Day. Joss, the Cleveland Naps star, had died of tubercular meningitis at age 31 in April. A team of American League “All Stars” came to Cleveland’s League…