Teams – Page 9 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

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…

Tris Speaker, Magic Lantern slide, 1916

1916-1920 Images, Agencies, American Press Association, Boston Red Sox, Collections, Glass Negatives, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Players, Teams, Tris Speaker

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.

Ty Cobb & Benny Kauff in Texas in 1916

1916-1920 Images, Collections, Detroit Tigers, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Players, Teams, Ty Cobb, Underwood & Underwood

1916 photograph of Ty Cobb greeting Benny Kauff in Houston, Texas in April 1916 when the Giants and Tigers played an exhibition there in Spring Training.

Frank Chance c. 1906 photo

1906-1910 Images, Agencies, Chicago Cubs, Collections, Frank Chance, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams, The Cleveland Leader

Interesting large early photo of Frank Chance. The stamp on back means this image was once part of The Cleveland Leaders newspaper archive. Also note the bat is entirely a drawn in fiction, Chance was doing a mock swing, but was not actually holding a…

1909 World Series, Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, Davy Jones, Signed Van Oeyen Photograph

1906-1910 Images, Collections, Detroit Tigers, Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Sam Crawford, Teams, Ty Cobb, World Series Images

Ty Cobb (HOF), Sam Crawford (HOF) and Davy Jones at the 1909 World Series in Pittsburg’s new Forbes Field. Taken by noted Cleveland news photographer Louis Van Oeyen and twice signed by Van Oeyen himself for presentation to Ty Cobb. Oeyen sometimes signed photos to…

1909 Ty Cobb in his Chalmers on the NY-Atlanta Good Roads Tour

1906-1910 Images, Agencies, Collections, Detroit Tigers, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Spooner & Wells, Teams, Ty Cobb

In 1909 there was a New York to Atlanta Good Roads Tour in which a Chalmers vehicle was driven the distance. One of the celebrity drivers was Ty Cobb himself, who was a Chalmers enthusiast. Here we see Cobb in the driver’s seat. The photo…

Christy Mathewson c. 1902-1904, Paul Thompson photo

1900-1905 Images, Agencies, Christy Mathewson, Collections, Hall of Famers, New York Giants, Paul Thompson's The Article Syndicate, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams

A massive close cropped image of an early career Christy Mathewson by the Paul Thompson agency. We know it is 1902-1904 based upon the uniform Matty is wearing. It is possibly 1902 based on the fact his teammate behind him is wearing a white cap…

Harry Steinfeldt, c. 1908-1909 by Francis P. Burke, E-90-3 image

1906-1910 Images, Chicago Cubs, Collections, Francis P. Burke, Harry Steinfeldt, Photographers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Photos used for Cards, Players, Teams

Harry Steinfeldt circa 1908-1909 as shot by Francis P. Burke of Burke & Atwell. This image was taken in the West Side Grounds in Chicago, home of the Cubs. Burke is one of the most unappreciated great Deadball photographers. He was a master of capturing…