Teams – Page 10 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

1912 Boston Red Sox, Francis P. Burke

"Smoky" Joe Wood, 1911-1915 Images, Agencies, Boston Red Sox, Central Press Association, Collections, Francis P. Burke, Harry Hooper, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams, Tris Speaker

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

Charles “Boss” Schmidt, c. 1906

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

Grover Alexander, 1913 by Bain’s News Service

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

Billy Sullivan and Boss Schmidt at Bennett Park in Detroit c. 1910

1906-1910 Images, Agencies, Billy Sullivan, Charles "Boss" Schmidt, Chicago White Sox, Collections, Detroit Newspapers, Detroit Tigers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams

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…

Joe Wood, 1915 by George T. Murray

"Smoky" Joe Wood, 1911-1915 Images, Boston Red Sox, Collections, George T. Murray, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams

Joe Wood in Hot Springs, Arkansas for training camp in 1915. This photo was taken by George T. Murray of The Boston Journal who accompanied the team to Spring Training. Murray took a shot of Babe Ruth in that camp, in a similar pose, that…

Rube Waddell, 1905 photo by Louis Van Oeyen

1900-1905 Images, Collections, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Philadelphia Athletics, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Rube Waddell, Teams

Superb large image of Rube Waddell taken by Louis Van Oeyen in Cleveland’s League Park in 1905. It was published in the 1906 Lajoie Guide and erroneously attributed to being in Boston, but this is clearly League Park. There is an early Van Oeyen stamp…

Tris Speaker, 1912

1911-1915 Images, Boston Red Sox, Collections, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams, Tris Speaker

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.

1914 St. Louis Browns photo by G.E. Palfrey

1911-1915 Images, Bell & Palfrey, Bobby Wallace, Collections, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, St. Louis Browns, Teams, William Bell & George E. Palfrey

This 1914 photograph was taken by by St. Louis photographer G.E. Palfrey.

1904 St. Louis Browns, Spring Training in Corsicana, Texas at Oil City Park

1900-1905 Images, Bobby Wallace, Collections, Hall of Famers, Jesse Burkett, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, St. Louis Browns, Teams

Corsicana was the birthplace of the Texas oil industry, as oil was discovered there in the 1890s, well before the famous Spindletop in 1901 in Beaumont. Note the oil derricks in the background at left and at far right. The photo was published in the…

Barney Pelty, RPPCs

Bell & Palfrey, Collections, Photographers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Real Photo Postcards, St. Louis Browns, Teams, William Bell & George E. Palfrey

These RPPCs of the St. Louis Browns player Barney Pelty were likely taken especially for him by the St. Louis photography firm of Bell & Palfrey in circa 1908 or 1909. They all bear a blind Bell & Palfrey stamp.

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.

“Doc” White glass negatives by Francis P. Burke

1911-1915 Images, Chicago White Sox, Collections, Doc White, Francis P. Burke, Glass Negatives, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Teams

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.