Brooklyn Superbas – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Zack Wheat, 1910s by Charles M. Conlon

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Zack Wheat by Charles M. Conlon

Zack Wheat, Washington Park, Brooklyn, 1912

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Incredibly sharp early image of HOFer Zack Wheat. Wheat is seen in a dark billed white cap with the Brooklyn “B” inside a diamond. This cap was only used in 1912. The stadium, with the gap between the grandstands is clearly Washington Park in Brooklyn…

Zack Wheat – Conlon Photo, c. 1919

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Zack Wheat’s powerful swing captured by Charles Conlon. The second set of images at bottom, which are not in the collection, show Wheat’s signature on the back as well Conlon’s Stamp. This photo was also used for Wheat’s 1927 Exhibit card.