A photo by Louis Van Oeyen which belonged to Walter Johnson himself. The names are in Johnson’s own handwriting, note he did not label himself. (L to R) “Home Run” Baker, Joe Wood, Walter Johnson and WaJo’s catcher Gabby Street. A collection of American League…

Ty Cobb slides into third with Home Run Baker covering the bag. Famous image where Cobb spiked Baker causing a major controversy.

This composite photo of Opening Day shows Chief Bender scoring the first run of the season and President Taft throwing out the first ball.

A great example of a press photo used for a newspaper article. This photo was used for this article in a October 1911 newspaper just prior to his appearance in the World Series against the Giants.

Nice sepia toned portrait image of Bender. Photo by the American Press Association. Two copies of the photo are shown, it is interested to see the slight differences in tone and contrast.

Paul Thompson T205 portrait image of the Chief. Perhaps the finest quality portrait of Bender.

Paul Thompson captures Bender beginning his windup.

Bender warms up pregame. Home Run Baker is standing behind him. This is a known Paul Thompson agency image. This image was also used to produce the 1913 Tom Barker game card.

Bender extends his delivery at the Hilltop Park in New York. Yet another photo exhibiting the grace of Bender’s pitching form. These photos were intended to be used by newspapers. A great example of this is how this Bender image has been incorporated to a…

Bender press photo. Editing marks, typical of a working press photo of the period are readily evident.

Bender shows his pitching grip. The baseball is a Spalding ball which was used only in the National League, thus this photo must be from the 1913 World Series. A Paul Thompson agency photo. Here is the November 1913 Baseball Magazine in which this very…

Bender demonstrates his powerful form while warming up. A particularly graceful image of Bender.