A New Look at the Men of Baseball’s Past
Charles Conlon’s classic photographs of baseball players from the early 20th century offer a glimpse into a familiar sport at an otherworldly time
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Bill "Catfish" Klem
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Babe Ruth
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Edd Roush
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Eddie Collins
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Charles Albert Bender
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Fred Blake
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Joe DiMaggio
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Pete Sivess
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Author Bio: David Davis is the author of Showdown at Shepherd’s Bush, an account of the 1908 Olympic marathon in London, due in June 2012 from St. Martin's Press.