This image is likely by Francis P. Burke as there is a known image by him that is just a tick off of this one. Note the man at the center of the bottom row. This is the team’s black trainer “Doc” Buckner. He is…
Crystal clear image of Hap Felsch taken by Francis P. Burke in 1917. Note the American flag patch of Felsch’s uniform.
Billy Sullivan and Boss Schmidt, catchers for the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers respectively, relax along the outfield wall at Benett Park in Detroit circa 1910. This image was captured by a photographer from The Detroit News. It perfectly captures the essence of the…
These four glass plate negatives of “Doc” White were taken by Francis P. Burke in circa 1912. They were all featured in the book That Old Ball Game by David R. Phillips, who rediscovered the Burke negatives in the 1970s.
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.
Eddie Collins at Spring Training circa 1917.
This striking portrait of Eddie Collins was taken by Paul Thompson in 1915. We know it is 1915 by the uniform. Collins joined the White Sox that year and that is the last year they wore that uniform.
Eddie Collins strikes a pose in Mineral Wells, Texas circa 1916 where the Chicago White Sox trained that Spring.
A.J. Schumann postcard of Chicago’s South Side Park’s outfield in 1908. This was the home of the Chicago White Sox who defeated their crosstown rivals the Cubs to win the 1906 World Series. For a look at the entire Schumann Chicago stadiums “set”: <<Schumann Chicago…
In 1914 the Chicago White Sox passed through Abilene, Texas on their way back from training camp in Paso Robles, California. Eddie Collins is seen a the bat against a local team of bankers. It was a regular occurrence in the Deadball Era for Major…
Eddie Collins at the bat in Shibe Park, Philadelphia by Brown Brothers photographers. A second copy of this image, which has been more tightly cropped, is also in the Collection as seen below.
Bender in his brief appearance with the Chicago White Sox in 1924. He had retired after the 1917 season, and come out of retirement to appear in a handful of games with the White Sox.