Underwood photos, or something else?

[rholmes]

Anyone have a firm idea what these photos are?

Recent Ebay pickup. The seller said she got them in a lot of Underwood & Underwood and American Press Assoc. photos. The photos are each 14" x 17", silver gelatin, printed on what must be double weight paper. The clarity seems good for the size, but I'm not sure if they're type 1, etc. As seen, the captions on the back are huge. There are no stamps or other markings anywhere on the backs. I'm fairly certain I've seen other large WW1-era U&U photos with this same kind of reverse glued on caption.

As for dates of the actual images---Bender batting at Hilltop Park should be 1911 given the uniforms and the presence of the armory behind the scoreboard. Not sure about Murphy but probably the same year or very close.




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[GKreindler]

Ray, I can't speak in terms of the origins of those photos, but man, is that shot from Hilltop Park something else!! Beautiful piece.

Graig

[rholmes]

Thanks, Graig. And I agree---low angle + action shot down the line with the armory looming over the scoreboard makes it one of the more remarkable early baseball photos I've seen.

With a little more research I'm pretty sure the part of the caption that's cut off---you can just barely see it---reads Photo by American Press Association. What that means for this era photo, I don't know. Maybe someone will chime in.

[Econteachert205]

I'm pretty sure you got some good photos there. I was the Under bidder on the Thorpe that the seller just sold. I feel like puking.

[pencil1974]

Yeah, I don't know what they are either. I picked up this Cobb under the same description as yours.