1905 Christy Mathewson Photo - MYSTERY SOLVED

[WillowGrove]

That's great to know. Good work Andrew and congrats on getting the closure Steve.

[TCMA]

And here's one of the Matty images from that second page. Also attributed to Van Oeyen. Sold in 2016 through Christie's.

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...7-details.aspx

[photomoto]

The three Mathewson action photos do not appear to be from the 1905 World Series. During the series, the Giants wore their famous dark uniforms.
Dennis

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by photomoto

The three Mathewson action photos do not appear to be from the 1905 World Series. During the series, the Giants wore their famous dark uniforms.
Dennis

Correct. I stupidly forgot all about that. This is something that does go on in these guides, where they drop in a photo and attribute it to an event, when it is in-fact NOT a photo from that event.

So the question still remains... WHEN did Van Oeyen have access to Matty that he could have taken these shots? If the ballpark in the background can be ID'd that will help quite a bit.

[Kawika]

I went on a tour of the Hall of Fame Archives three years ago. Included in the displays I saw was Matty's cap. It's much lighter than the one depicted in your photo but otherwise looks the same. I also incidentally acquired Graig Kreindler's painting of the image.

[Snapolit1]

Wow. What a cool display. And I didn’t know Greg did the image. Thanks for sharing that. Jealous to the extreme.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Included in the displays I saw was Matty's cap. It's much lighter than the one depicted in your photo but otherwise looks the same.

Looks like one of these:

[TCMA]

Link to the cap on HOF website: https://collection.baseballhall.org/...cap-undated-11