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.

Snapshot of Sam Crawford taken at Bennett Park in Detroit circa. Note the scoreboard and clubhouse behind him. The print is mounted to a board.

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.

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.…

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.

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

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…