Addie Joss – The Chapman Deadball Collection

1909 Huntington Grounds game action!

1- Photographs, Addie Joss, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers

It is very unusual to find pre 1910 major league game action photos, but that is exactly what we have here. These three images were all taken during the August 11, 1909 game between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Naps at Huntington Grounds in…

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…

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…