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A Photographic Treasury of Baseball’s Deadball Era

Doc Crandall posed at the West Side Grounds in Chicago in 1912. A possible Francis P. Burke image

“Iron Man” Joe McGinnity strikes a pose during Spring Training in Savannah, Georgia circa 1904. This image graced the cover of Spalding’s How to Pitch from 1905 and onwards.

This postcard size image depicts Charley Street of the Washington Senators during Spring Training at Galveston, Texas in 1907. It was likely taken by noted Galveston photographer H.H. Morris who also produced a series of RPPCs from that training camp.

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…