New York Giants – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Rube Marquard hand study, c. 1911

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Rube Marquard hand study by Paul Thompson’s The Article Syndicate. The copy with the “4” was used for production and publication.

Jeff Tesreau, c. 1912

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Jeff Tesreau, New York Giants, circa 1912 by Brown Brothers.

Heine Groh, c. 1912

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Heine Groh of the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds circa 1912 by Brown Brothers.

Roger Bresnahan, c. 1906

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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.

Joe Tinker and Roger Bresnahan, 1908, E96 image – $5,000

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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…

Frank Chance, 1914

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Frank Chance at the batting cage at Spring Training in Houston, Texas in 1914. Photo by Brown Brothers.

Roger Bresnahan, c. 1905

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This image of Bresnahan was shot against the infield wall at the Polo Grounds in circa 1905. It is part of a series of shots showing Bresnahan going into his crouch. It is reminiscent of the Mathewson sequence done by John C. Hemment. It has…

Roger Bresnahan, 1905 image by Harry Raess

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Bresnahan at bat at the Polo Grounds in 1905. The image is by Harry Raess, who worked for George Grantham Bain and other photo services and newspapers in New York. The image was published in The New York Herald in 1905.

Roger Bresnahan RPPC

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Roger Bresnahan in a circa 1910 RPPC that belonged to his family.

Chief Bender – Burke Portrait, 1931

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Chief Bender portrait by George Burke in 1931 when he was a coach for the New York Giants.

Rube Marquard – First Photo in the Majors, 1908 – $1,500

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Buy Now – $1,500 Rube Marquard depicted in his first ever Major League game. Marquard was called up to the Giants on September 23rd 1908 after being purchased for $11K from Indianapolis that summer. He appeared in his one and only game in 1908…

Bill Dahlen – Conlon photo, c. 1904 – $1,500

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Charles Conlon image of Bill Dahlen circa 1904. This was Conlon’s first year as a baseball photographer. Dahlen is still considered a candidate for the Hall of Fame. Buy Now – $1,500