Pre-black Tuesday photos

[Forever Young]

The old PRE-WWII examples on the card side are great. Let's show what original baseball photography has to offer in the PRE-GREAT DEPRESSION era. Let's set the date on black Tuesday or prior(Oct 29,1929). Why this date? Well, it just sounded "good". Plus, it was before wire photos really took off
(images were sent/received instantly). The baseball photography world was not a "well oiled machine" yet and I find there are far few great/important images(than in 30s-70s). IMO
Anyway...anyone have any personal examples to share?

I will start with my most recent pickup(1915 Red Sox pitching staff/Ruth) underwood and underwood photo as well as an original 1915 photo of ruth and teammates in the underwood and underwood archives looking through photos(looking at mine of themselves??-prob not but cool to think about it!!).

[3-2-count]

Fabulous idea for a thread Ben. Here's an original 8x10 photo I can share of the Red Sox & Tigers battling it out somewhere between 1901 and 1911 at the old Huntington Avenue Grounds ballpark in Boston. Now tell me! Can you think of a better way to watch a game than this?

[thecatspajamas]

How about a little pre-game entertainment? Here's Nick Altrock and Al Schacht performing on the field prior to Game 3 of the 1924 World Series:

[Forever Young]

Tony, that photo is so neat. The crowd!! Wowsers... they were definitely not worried about a screaming foul ball that is for sure. It is very telling of the times. I love these old stadium shots. Thanks to Lance for providing the entertainment . I focus on portraits or close ups of single players(mostly). But maybe I'll need to add a couple great stadium shots.

Here are a some more Original Type 1s from my collection from the era:

1)1908 HONUS WAGNER by G.G. BAIN(batting lefty-RARE)-some say its wags and soem say it is not. You be the judge. Below it is a Honus Wagner by Paul Thompson
2) 1916 WALTER JOHNSON by G.G. BAIN
3) 1917 TY COBB by G.G. BAIN
4) 1913 CHRISTY MATHEWSON (10X13 OVERSIZED PORTRAIT)

[Ulidia]

Have many pre-Black Tuesday photos and, although I've shown this one before and it's not necessarily one of the more valuable, it remains one of my favourites. Gehrig + Ruth @ Westpoint, 1927:

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Ulidia

Have many pre-Black Tuesday photos and, although I've shown this one before and it's not necessarily one of the more valuable, it remains one of my favourites. Gehrig + Ruth @ Westpoint, 1927:

It is beautiful! I bid on this one but can't remember where... was that in HYEE AUCTIONS or Legendary? It is an awesome photo and wish I would have added to my collection. Now that I think through this.. it must have been HYEE right? I guess this because I must have had to be choosey or spent too much on ones ending first so I could not go after strong. Thanks for posting.. it is absolutely incredible. Doesn't get much better than Babe and Lou together in 1927. LOL @ that goofball behind Ruth.

[Forever Young]

Nice photos everyone. David... that rock photo is absolutely Killer.

I should probably clean this one up a bit and take a high res scan as this one doesn't do it justice(editorial marks around body ect).

It is the year of the Great Depression dated March 11, 1929.

I love it as it shows a bit of the development process(clamps on the negative) and also shows a photographer in the background taking a pic of the babe and seemingly you! There should be(or was) another photo out there taken of the Babe taking a pic of this photographer taking a picture. Say that ten times fast...
It would be cool to find that photo.

[packs]

I'm glad people are digging the Babe signing bats photo. It's my favorite photo. Not only for the Babe, but it was taken on my birthday July 22.