Photos of Photogs

[thecatspajamas]

So one of my latest kicks has been trying to find photos or images of various well-known photographers, which has proven much harder than it may sound. I'll post some of those later, but coming at it from the opposite direction, I have this photo of Maris with a photographer that I'm trying to find out more info on. He is identified on the back as "R.M. Yeager," which is a start, but I'd at least like to know what his full name was and who he worked for. The photo is identified as having been taken at the 1961 World Series, and you can also see his press pass dangling from the button on his lapel, which I thought was pretty cool as well. Anyone have any ideas?

[bobw]

I bought this photo many years ago in Willow Grove or Ft Washington and I loved the photographer wearing the football helmet and shoulder pads. When I got the George Burke book, I realized by the face that it was George Burke.

[Scott Garner]

Cool thread, Lance!

Here is a photo of my namesake, Scotty McGregor, in Detroit circa 1920's showing World Heavyweight Champ Jack Dempsey his camera equipment.
Scotty was a long-time sports photographer for The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News and my grandfather's childhood friend.

I love this photo and it's the only one I have of him...

[thecatspajamas]

Sweet photo of your namesake, Scott! Between that and the photo of Burke that Bob posted (still hoping he can find the original to confirm, but it certainly does look like him), this thread has already been more productive than I'd hoped, even if I still have no idea who R M Yeager is.

In the meantime, here are a couple of NEA and UPI photographer Mike Ackerman. The first is him with the Ferrell brothers and NEA sports writer Harry Grayson circa 1936. The second is one of him circa 1960 that I found on the web somewhere.

[BBSD]

That is such a cool picture of Burke!

[billyb]

Don't have the photo,, but here is an image of Louis VanOeyen (center) among two other early Cleveland photographers.
l-r are Andy Kraffert, of Plains Dealer, VanOeyen of Cleveland Press, and Dan Rollins of Cleveland News.

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[thecatspajamas]

Here's one that was sent to me (thanks Bruce!) that shows the Boston Red Sox pausing for a little photo op during warm-ups for Game 2 of the 1912 World Series. The photo was taken by Louis Van Oeyen, and interestingly, references a "moving picture" being taken as well (I assume by the camera on the left?)

No named photogs in this one, but still thought it was interesting.

[thecatspajamas]

And here's one that Bob Lemke posted in another thread of Al Downing with photographer J.D. McCarthy (thanks again for posting, Bob, and I am still green with envy at that collection).

[Gmrson]

it's not vintage, and although he's not famous (yet?), here is long-time friend and collector Mark Cunningham who turned his two hobbies, baseball and photography into a career. His pics are on hundreds of cards, a Beckett cover and SI as well as many other publications and the Jeter pic on the front of the 2K5 Baseball video game.

[Michael B]

I thought I would add a non-baseball photographer into the mix. This photo shows Pvt Kenneth C. Whitmore of the U.S. Army at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This photo is about the size of a passport photo and shows him on the infield of the athletic stadium with a Japanese newsreel photographer in front of him. I have also attached scans of two of his official Olympic credentials listing him as a photographer for the U.S. Army. I also have his travel orders and equipment list. I collect mostly Olympic photographs (5000+ images). I also try to pick up items related to the photographers including credentials, passes, tickets and the such. I have also acquired an interesting group of photo vests and bibs.

[thecatspajamas]

Reviving this thread with shot of photographer Byron "Shorty" Filkins astride Indians outfielder Chris Hockett to get a downward a shot of 6'-8" Cleveland pitcher Mike Naymick. At 5' 1-1/2" tall, my guess is Filkins was responsible for a lot of those upward-angle, larger-than-life kind of shots

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Michael B

I thought I would add a non-baseball photographer into the mix. This photo shows Pvt Kenneth C. Whitmore of the U.S. Army at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This photo is about the size of a passport photo and shows him on the infield of the athletic stadium with a Japanese newsreel photographer in front of him. I have also attached scans of two of his official Olympic credentials listing him as a photographer for the U.S. Army. I also have his travel orders and equipment list. I collect mostly Olympic photographs (5000+ images). I also try to pick up items related to the photographers including credentials, passes, tickets and the such. I have also acquired an interesting group of photo vests and bibs.

Kenneth had Harold Ramis hair and look ala Ghostbusters in the snapshot.
Great photo, BTW...

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Here's one that was sent to me (thanks Bruce!) that shows the Boston Red Sox pausing for a little photo op during warm-ups for Game 2 of the 1912 World Series. The photo was taken by Louis Van Oeyen, and interestingly, references a "moving picture" being taken as well (I assume by the camera on the left?)

No named photogs in this one, but still thought it was interesting.

Lance,
Great thread. When I first saw this photo my gut instinct was to duck. Can you imagine a foul deflection from the lefty batter which him and his equipment that close to the box.
Mark

[Forever Young]

Here is a pretty famous type 1 of a photographer taking a shot of Babe's backside. My guess is, it is not Conlon.

[mybestbretts]

Great photos, thanks for sharing