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The Chapman Deadball Collection

The Chapman Deadball Collection

Addie Joss, c. 1908

1906-1910 Images, Addie Joss, Cleveland Naps, Collections, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams

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…

Boston – Huntington Grounds, c. 1909

1906-1910 Images, Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Eddie Collins, Hall of Famers, Philadelphia Athletics, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Real Photo Postcards, Richard W. Sears, Teams

Eddie Collins is seen sliding into second base at a game between the Red Sox and A’s at the Huntington Grounds in Boston circa 1909. This postcard has been trimmed to focus on the central action. Rare close in shot of game action during this…

Chief Bender – Pinkerton mystery photo, c. 1910

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

Chief Bender in his Pinkerton T5 and scorecard image. The original photo is by Charles Conlon as seen in the Collection. Pinkerton, a tobacco company, issued the T5 cabinet cards with an actual photo print and also smaller postcard sized lithographic scorecard back and plan…

Albert Selbach, 1904

1904 Charles Conlon Photos, Albert Selbach, Charles M. Conlon, Photographs

Charles Conlon photo of Albert Kip Selbach in 1904 with the Boston Red Sox.

George Winter – Conlon Photo, 1904

1904 Charles Conlon Photos, Charles M. Conlon, George Winter, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Photos used for Cards

Conlon image of George Winter in 1904. It was the image for an embossed postcard in circa 1906.

Vic Willis – Conlon Photo, 1904

1904 Charles Conlon Photos, Charles M. Conlon, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Vic Willis

Vic Wills as photographed by Charles Conlon in 1904. Willis is shown as a member of the NL’s Boston Beaneaters. The photo was taken at Brooklyn’s Washington Park and the Guinea Flats Apartments visible in the background.

Zack Wheat – Conlon Photo, c. 1919

Charles M. Conlon, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Photos used for Cards, Zack Wheat

Zack Wheat’s powerful swing captured by Charles Conlon. The second set of images at bottom, which are not in the collection, show Wheat’s signature on the back as well Conlon’s Stamp. This photo was also used for Wheat’s 1927 Exhibit card.

Ed Walsh – Conlon Photo, 1904

1904 Charles Conlon Photos, Charles M. Conlon, Ed Walsh, Hall of Famers, Photographers, Photographs, Photos used for Cards

Ed Walsh as captured by Charles Conlon in 1904. Two copies of the photo are shown, the larger one with the Conlon stamp on back. This is one of several 1904 Conlons in the Collection.

Tris Speaker – First Cleveland Photo, 1916

Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photographs, 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.

Babe Ruth – Red Sox, 1916

1916-1920 Images, Babe Ruth, Charles M. Conlon, Hall of Famers, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players

Charles Conlon die cut photo of Babe Ruth with the Boston Red Sox circa 1918. Printed in the 1930s from the original negative.

Kid Nichols – Conlon Photo, 1904

1904 Charles Conlon Photos, Charles M. Conlon, Hall of Famers, Kid Nichols, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

Charles Conlon photo of Kid Nichols in 1904, Conlon’s first year of Conlon’s baseball photographic career. Photos of Nichols are very rare.

Win Mercer – Chickering Cabinet, 1900

Elmer Chickering, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Win Mercer

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.