This prototype card was likely produced for advertising purposes as another like it has never been seen. There is a Reach American League Official baseball behind Bender so there may be some link there.
Cy Young at the bat in Spring Training 1911. This photo was likely taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas in February where a conglomeration of Major League players gathered before joining their teams. Note the glove tucked into his waist and his Cleveland sweater. Judging by…
Taken by a fan from the stands at Cy Young Day on August 13, 1908 at Huntington Grounds in Boston as the Red Sox played a team of American League All-Stars who were recruited for the occasion. Young is seen at home plate receiving his…
Home Run Baker scores a run during the 1913 World Series in Game 1. The A’s hunchback mascot and good luck charm, Louis Van Zelst, is there to congratulate him.
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.
Honus Wagner holds a medicine ball at Spring Training in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1914. Many clubs trained in the popular resort. Note the hills surrounding the stadium
Gorgeous sepia toned photo of the Rex Sox Golden Outfield of Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis. This is considered to be one the best outfields of all time.
Buy Now – $3,000 George Grantham Bain’s close in portrait of Speaker with his bat. It captures Speaker’s intensity. The new Fenway Park, which opened that year, is seen in the background. There are two different prints here with slightly different cropping and toning. These…
Louis Van Oeyen image used for the 1916 Jack Dunn Day Cleveland schedule card. Likely one of the first photos of Speaker as an Indian. Speaker came over from Boston that year.
Snapshot the Golden Outfield of Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis in Hot Springs, Arkansas for Spring Training 1912.
Tris Speaker as a young player shown in Hot Springs, Arkansas for Spring Training. An unmounted photo from a cabinet photo set issued of the 1910 Boston Red Sox. A Hooper from this set is also in the Collection.
Tris Speaker photo circa 1909 based on the uniform. One of Speaker’s finest on field images, this pose is just a tick off of his T3 image. The shot shows Speaker in his road uniform and was taken in Detroit’s Bennett Park as evidenced by…