Bender is seen here taking batting practice at the newly constructed Polo Grounds in New York during the 1911 World Series.

Metzel played in 10 games for the Cleveland Naps in 1909, his cup of coffee in the big leagues. He is seen here at Chicago’s South Side Park as captured by Francis P. Burke.

Chief Meyers as captured by Louis Van Oeyen in 1911. The photo was Van Oeyn’s 1911 dated stamp, his handwriting noting he took it on September 19, 1911. It was taken at Forbes Field in Pittsburg. It also has Van Oeyen’s blind embossed stamp. It…

This 1905 image of Christy Mathewson was taken by Louis Van Oeyen. This print was used to produce the 1906 Lajoie Baseball Guide. You can still see the white back white residue in the lower right corner where the oval image shown below was pasted…

This image was taken by Louis Van Oeyen of Nap Lajoie. This is the actual print that was used to publish the 1906 Lajoie Baseball Guide which is shown below. The print has no border, the “white” around the image is part of the mount.…

Photo of Harry Krause by Charles Conlon exhibiting superior composition and clarity. One of Conlon’s better portraits.

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

Willie Keeler at Spring Training in Atlanta, Georgia c. 1908. image by The Pictorial News Co.

Crystal clear image of Hap Felsch taken by Francis P. Burke in 1917. Note the American flag patch of Felsch’s uniform.

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

This image of Charles “Boss” Schmidt was snapped by a photographer from The Detroit News circa 1906.

Pete Alexander at the Polo Grounds in New York in 1913. Taken by the Bain News Service.