Players – Page 24 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

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

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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

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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

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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

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

Edd Roush – Federal League, 1915

1- Photographs, Edd Roush, Federal League, Hall of Famers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Western Newspaper Union

Roush demonstrates his classic slap hitter style, he was perhaps the preeminent place hitter of his generation. This photo shows him with the Newark Peppers of the Federal Leaugue in 1915. Here is a paragraph from SABR’s bio on Roush: “Roush wielded a short, thick-handled…

Kid Nichols – Conlon Photo, 1904

1- Photographs, 1904 Charles Conlon Photos, Charles M. Conlon, Hall of Famers, Kid Nichols, 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.

Chief Meyers – World Series, 1911

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Louis Van Oeyen photo of Meyers in his 1911 World Series uniform. The Giants only wore the all black uniforms in this World Series.

Win Mercer – Chickering Cabinet, 1900

1- Photographs, Elmer Chickering, 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.

Christy Mathewson – Looking Natty, 1916

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Christy Mathewson in his distinctive 1916 New York Giants purple plaid uniform. This photo was take in the Polo Grounds in New York. Here is a full version of shot that has been blocked to achieve a shot similar to our image above.

Christy Mathewson – Conlon Tuxedo Tobacco pose, 1912

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Iconic Christy Mathewson pose that was the basis for the Tuxedo tobacco ads featuring Matty. Here is a print ad from 1913, Tuxedo regularly used images of and endorsements from sports and entertainment stars of the day for their ads. This photo was taken and…

Christy Mathewson – PM1 Pin Pose, 1913

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Christy Mathewson at the Polo Grounds in New York in his PM1 pin pose.