Photographers – Page 8 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

1910 Joseph Pearce Philadelphia Athletics photos

1906-1910 Images, Collections, Joseph N. Pearce, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

Noted Philadelphia photographer Joseph Pearce followed the A’s to camp in Atlanta for Spring Training in 1910. He produced a composite montage of his photos from the trip as shown below. The three photos below were some of the original images used to produce the…

Monte Cross c. 1905 by Joseph Pearce

Collections, Joseph N. Pearce, Monte Cross, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

Monte Cross of the Philadelphia Athletics at Columbia Park circa 1905 by Joseph Pearce. Cross is poised off of third base and facing the pitcher. Columbia Park is recognizable in the background. Pearce’s stamp is on back and we know he left that address sometime…

Christy Mathewson pair of photos c. 1903 by John C. Hemment

1900-1905 Images, Christy Mathewson, Collections, Hall of Famers, John C. Hemment, New York Giants, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams

Christy Mathewson taken by John C. Hemment circa 1903 at the Polo Grounds. Hemment was pioneer in action photography, designing his own dual lens camera, and is known as the father of the “photo finish” at horse races. Hemment took series of action shots, these…

Chief Bender, Cracker Jack pose circa 1910 by Frances P. Burke

1906-1910 Images, Chief Bender, Collections, Francis P. Burke, Hall of Famers, Philadelphia Athletics, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Photos used for Cards, Players, Teams

This pose was used for the 1914/1915 Cracker Jack sets. A beautiful shot of Bender, forever immortalized on a cardboard slab. The photo was taken by Frances P. Burke of Burke & Atwell. We know this because of a 1910 A’s postcard attributed to Burke…

1908 St. Louis Browns RPPC with Rube Waddell

Bell & Palfrey, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Photographers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Real Photo Postcards, Rube Waddell, St. Louis Browns, Teams, William Bell & George E. Palfrey

Wonderfully detailed real photo postcard of the 1908 St. Louis Browns featuring Hall of Famers Rube Waddell and Bobby Wallace. By the General Photo Co. which also produced non real photo versions. Here is our postcard with another postcard of the same image naming the…

1911 New York Giants 14 signed photos from the Frank Smith Collection

1911-1915 Images, Collections, Frank W. Smith, New York Giants 1911 Frank Smith Photos, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

The following 14 signed photographs were part of the Frank W. Smith Collection. Smith was a staff photographer for the Cleveland Ledger in the early 1900s. He created a scrapbook that contained these New York Giants photos as well as Cleveland Naps photos. The better…

Larry Doyle, Van Oeyen photo 1911

Larry Doyle, Louis Van Oeyen, Photographs, 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…

1911 Opening Day at Hilltop Park, Bain photo

1911-1915 Images, Agencies, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, George Grantham Bain's News Service, Hal Chase, Hall of Famers, New York Highlanders, Photographers, Photographs, Players, Teams

Wonderful 5 x 7 image of Opening Day 1911 at Hilltop Park, home of the New York Highlanders. Hal Chase, the Highlander’s manager is seen being presented a floral wreath. The opposing team is the Washington Nationals. There are other Bain shots of this day in…

Willie Keeler, 1903 Carl Horner photo

1900-1905 Images, Carl J. Horner, Collections, Hall of Famers, New York Highlanders, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Photos used for Cards, Players, Teams, Willie Keeler

This is the iconic photo of Keeler by Carl Horner which was used for the T206, E90-1, T204 Ramly and Fan Craze sets. It was also this exact photo which was used for Highlander team page in the 1907 Lajoie Baseball Guide, note the painted…

Ty Cobb, c. 1907 Fred G. Wright photo

1906-1910 Images, Collections, Detroit Tigers, Fred G. Wright, Hall of Famers, Photographers, Photographs, Players, Teams, Ty Cobb

This image is of Ty Cobb. It was taken at Bennet Park in Detroit which was demolished after the 1911 season. The photographer was Detroit’s own Fred G. Wright who also provided the photography for the 1907 H.M. Taylor Detroit Tigers postcard set, as credited…

Cy Young and Deacon McGuire, c. 1910

Cy Seymour, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photographs, 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…

Chief Bender, Conlon Photo, c. 1909

1906-1910 Images, Charles M. Conlon, Chief Bender, Collections, Hall of Famers, Philadelphia Athletics, Photographers, Photographs, Players, Teams

This image of Bender was taken by Charles Conlon circa 1909 based on the uniform. Note the intensity of Bender in his follow through. Conlon’s stamp, which has been marked through, and handwriting are on the back of the photo.