Players – Page 23 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Ed Walsh – Conlon Photo, 1904

1- Photographs, 1904 Charles Conlon Photos, Charles M. Conlon, Ed Walsh, Hall of Famers, Photographers, 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.

Honus Wagner – Hot Springs, 1914

1- Photographs, George Grantham Bain's News Service, Hall of Famers, Honus Wagner

Honus Wagner holds a medicine ball at Spring Training in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1914. Many clubs trained in the popular resort. Note the hills surrounding the stadium

Jim Thorpe – Marlin Springs, 1914

1- Photographs, Jim Thorpe, Underwood & Underwood

Jim Thorpe in Marlin Springs, Texas in 1914 for Spring Training with the New York Giants. Thorpe was the most celebrated athlete in the world at that time, although his talent never truly translated to baseball success.

Tris Speaker – Boston’s Golden Outfield, c. 1914

1- Photographs, Duffy Lewis, Hall of Famers, Harry Hooper, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Tris Speaker, Underwood & Underwood

Gorgeous sepia toned photo of the Rex Sox Golden Outfield of Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis. This is considered to be one the best outfields of all time.

Tris Speaker – Bain portrait, 1912

1- Photographs, George Grantham Bain's News Service, Hall of Famers, Photos for Sale, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Tris Speaker

George Grantham Bain’s close in portrait of Speaker with his bat. It captures Speaker’s intensity. The new Fenway Park, which opened that year, is seen in the background. There are two different prints here with slightly different cropping and toning. These would have been issued…

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.

Tris Speaker – Golden Outfield snapshot, 1912

1- Photographs, Duffy Lewis, Hall of Famers, Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker

Snapshot the Golden Outfield of Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis in Hot Springs, Arkansas for Spring Training 1912.

Tris Speaker – Unmounted Cabinet Photo, 1910

1- Photographs, Hall of Famers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Tris Speaker

Tris Speaker as a young player shown in Hot Springs, Arkansas for Spring Training. An unmounted photo from a cabinet photo set issued of the 1910 Boston Red Sox. A Hooper from this set is also in the Collection.

Tris Speaker – Near T3 Pose, c. 1909

1- Photographs, Detroit Newspapers, Hall of Famers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Tris Speaker

Tris Speaker photo circa 1909 based on the uniform. One of Speaker’s finest on field images, this pose is just a tick off of his T3 image. The shot shows Speaker in his road uniform and was taken in Detroit’s Bennett Park as evidenced by…

Tris Speaker – World Series, 1912

1- Photographs, Hall of Famers, Tris Speaker

Tris Speaker at the bat during the 1912 World Series at Fenway Park in Boston. We can tell the catcher is a New York Giants by the stripes of his socks and the “NY” logo on his sleeve.

Cy Seymour – Horner Image, c. 1902

1- Photographs, Cy Seymour, Photos used for Cards

Carl Horner portrait photo of Cy Seymour which was used for multiple baseball cards. Shown is the 1909 Rose Company postcard which used the image.

Babe Ruth – Red Sox, 1916

1- Photographs, Babe Ruth, Charles M. Conlon, Hall of Famers, Photographers, 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.