Show your Christy Mathewson Photos

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Kawika

I've shown this photo probably too many times already but it's a Matty photo thread and this is a Matty photo so what the heck. I originally was led to believe that the image was dated 1905 but subsequently saw that it was used in the 1903 NYG Sorting Life composite so Matty would have been 23 years old. Photographer was Benjamin Falk, a prominent NYC photographer in those days, the bulk of whose subjects were theatrical people.

Falk was one of the early masters, no doubt about it. Right there with Horner, Hall, Van Oeyen & Conlon.

BTW Dave... your Matty is my favorite image of him and I'll never get tired of looking at it.

[jacksons]

Greg -

The portrait of Matty on that box...I found the attached on gettyimages.com.

While it's not the same angle, it's likely from the same day.

The image details didn't offer up the photographer, but you may be able to find it again on Corbis or another resource.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by jacksons

Greg -

The portrait of Matty on that box...I found the attached on gettyimages.com.

While it's not the same angle, it's likely from the same day.

The image details didn't offer up the photographer, but you may be able to find it again on Corbis or another resource.

Awesome, thanks. I love that pic of Matty and the game feature 16 portraits as shown, with at least 15 of them (that I know of) being Horner's. I just hadn't found the Matty in Horner's before, so I appreciate the reference and I will look it up. Much appreciated.