This image comes from the archives of the Chicago Daily News. The negative is located in the Chicago History Museum and indicates the shot is of Brown at the West Side Grounds during the 1907 World Series. This print is from the original negative but…
Terrific closeup portrait of Tris Speaker by Charles Conlon circa 1912.
Iconic image of Rube Waddell in 1906 taken by The Pictorial News Co. Waddell is depicted in Philadelphia’s Columbia Park as we can determine from the backdrop. We know it at least 1906 as this exact print was used to create the supplement used in…
Top Row: John Knight, Eddie Plank (HOF), Jack Coombs, Socks Seybold, Rube Waddell (HOF), Chief Bender (HOF), Simon Nicholls, Harry Davis, Ossee Schrecongost and Rube Vickers. Bottom Row: Bris Lord, Danny Murphy, Monte Cross, Jimmy Collins (HOF), Connie Mack (HOF), Topsy Hartsel, Rube Oldring, Doc…
Roger Bresnahan circa 1906. The photo was likely taken in Spring Training. A photo set in the same background was taken by Charles M. Conlon, so there is a possibility he took this image.
Action shot of Tris Speaker in 1915 by Brown Brothers. Speaker is pictured at the Polo Grounds, where the New York Highlanders played that year. Image from the Underwood archives, it is thought this contact print was used in a showroom book for ordering prints.
Nap Lajoie standing with Otto Hess (left) and Bill Bradley (right) in circa 1903-1904.
This image of Tinker was taken by Francis P. Burke of Burke & Atwell. The image appeared in the October 24, 1910 Lincoln Daily Star newspaper. Note the paper tag on the original print which appears in the newspaper image. Battered, but beautiful!
Tris Speaker posed in profile at Spring Training in 1911 at Redondo Beach in California. Note Speaker’s hair has yet to turn grey. There is a photo from this same session of Harry Hooper in the Collection that notes the Redondo Beach location.
Iconic image of Hughie Jennings by Louis Van Oeyen in 1909. This image was the basis for many cards including the Sporting News M101-2, Boston Store, Collins-McCarthy, Weil Baking, Clark Bread, Herpolsheimers and E-121. The M101-2 is dated September 30, 1909.
One of the best images of Home Run Baker by Louis Van Oeyen who at his prime. This image is from 1909, Baker’s rookie season. We know that from the cap, collar and two strip socks which the A’s used in 1909. The clincher is…
Buy Now – $5,000 Joe Tinker at the bat, and Roger Bresnahan behind the plate at the Polo Grounds in 1908. The script writing at right identifies both. One of the better in game images of Tinker. Photo by Brown Brothers. This image was…