Tris Speaker – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Tris Speaker, c. 1912 Charles Conlon photo

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Terrific closeup portrait of Tris Speaker by Charles Conlon circa 1912.

Tris Speaker, Underwood & Underwood in 1915

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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.

Tris Speaker, 1911 in Redondo Beach

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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.

Tris Speaker colorized print, c. 1912

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Image of Tris Speaker at Fenway Park circa 1912. What is interesting about this image, and unusual for the period, is that portions of it have been hand colorized.

Tris Speaker and Boston’s Golden Outfield c. 1912

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Snapshot from Spring Training in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the early 1910s. Duffy Lewis, Harry Hooper and Tris Speaker are show.

Tris Speaker on the farm

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Tris Speaker at his farm in Hubbard, Texas in the 1910s.

Tris Speaker, c. 1910

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Tris Speaker circa 1910.

1912 Boston Red Sox, Francis P. Burke

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The 1912 Boston Red Sox posed at Comiskey Park in Chicago for noted photographer Francis P. Burke of Burke & Atwell.

Tris Speaker, 1912

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This intense portrait of Tris Speaker was likely taken during the 1912 World Series based on the uniform, the 1912 stamp, and the description of the game action written on back. One of the better Speaker images out there.

Tris Speaker, Magic Lantern slide, 1916

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This glass Magic Lantern slide advertises Speaker’s move from the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Naps in 1916.

Tris Speaker 1909 photo at Hilltop Park

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Tris Speaker photo taken by Brown Brothers. The stadium backdrop, particularly the transoms at the back edge of the stadium roofing, indicate this is the Hilltop Park in New York, home of the Highlanders. Speaker is standing to the side of the batting practice cage.…

Tris Speaker in London with World Tour 1914

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Tris Speaker goofs off with the White Sox World Tour mascot. This image was taken at the same time as the Thompson photo of this scene in the Collection.