So who knows about the Burr McIntosh photos?

[FrankWakefield]

Just over 100 years ago there was a magazine... it had great photographs in it, and the pages were holepunched and held together by a ribbon. About 12" x 6", with 3 small holes in one of the long borders for the ribbon. The magazine was designed to be disassembled. The company even sold cardboard frames for the images... it was called the Burr McIntosh Monthly. Burr McIntosh was editor April 1903 through March of 1905; Clark Hobart was editor June of 1906 through December of 1909. I don't know about the interim, and I think the publication folded in early 1910. In addition to a magazine publisher, he was a reporter, owned a coal business, appeared in Broadway plays, moved west where he made and appeared in movies, and he was a radio talk show host.

As best as I can tell, there are 10 baseball images; if anyone is aware of others please let me know. The images are listed here, by their captions, alphabetically. The Champions and West Point are on opposite sides of the same sheet, which makes collecting a bit awkward. The Champions is the Boston World Champions from the 1903 World Series, Cy Young stands tall. Only the New York Giants image has the players identified, including McGraw, McGinnity, Mathewson, Van Haltran, and McGann. Iron Man McGinnity is the only image of an individual player of which I'm aware.

So... anyone know of any of the magazine dates for any of these, before I go bleary-eyed in a library one day? Anyone aware of any others??



CORNELL 'VARSITY BASEBALL CLUB
Copyright 1904, a photograph of 14 players and a coach of the baseball team.

“IRON MAN” JOE McGINNITY
Copyright 1903.

NEW YORK AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM, 1904
Copyright 1904.

NEW YORK BASEBALL CLUB (NATIONAL LEAGUE)
Copyright 1903.

PRINCETON 'VARSITY BASEBALL CLUB
Copyright 1904.

THE CHAMPIONS
Copyright 1904.

THE WEST POINT BASEBALL CLUB
Copyright 1904.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA BASEBALL CLUB
Copyright 1904.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA BASEBALL SQUAD, 1905
No copyright marking.

YALE 'VARSITY BASEBALL CLUB
Copyright 1904.