Looking for Photos of Christy Mathewson and Ed Walsh

[JacksMommy313]

Hello all, I'm new to posting so forgive me if my request is redundant.

I've been a deadball era fan since I was 10-years-old and my personal favorites are Christy Mathewson and Ed Walsh. I collect, so to speak, their photos on my personal computer and am always looking for new images. I love, love, love the photos I've found here - they're absolutely extraordinary and many seriously defy words!

I know that the preferred photos are the action/playing shots, but I'm looking for off-the-field, personal photos in particular. Perhaps members have some photos to share online. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Thanks again!

Jen

[chicagowhitesox1173]

The Christy Mathewson thread probably has photos your looking for. I'm not sure if there's a Ed Walsh thread.

[RUKen]

Here are a few unusual photos of Walsh:

1907--Patsy Dougherty (left) and Ed Walsh with babies at the train station-------------1922--Ty Cobb (left)and Ed Walsh (AL umpire) throwing snowballs

Dougherty and Walsh with babies 1907.jpgCobb and Walsh throwing snowballs 1922.jpg



1954--Allie Reynolds of the Yankees with Old Timers Hooks Wiltse, Ed Walsh, Carl Hubbell, Cy Young, and Dazzy Vance

Wiltse Walsh Hubbell Young Vance w Reynolds 1954.jpg

[RUKen]

Christy Mathewson at the checkerboard

-----------1918 with soldiers-----------------------------------------------------1922 with his father----------------

1918 Mathewson checkers.jpg1922 Mathewson and father.jpg

[BSmile]

[Dude Paskert]

Christy Mathewson at the checkerboard

-----------1918 with soldiers-----------------------------------------------------1922 with his father----------------

I was trying to figure out if Christy's father outlived him and was shocked to read that Christy was the longest lived of the four Mathewson brothers despite his early death at 45 years old. So even in that 1922 photo, that poor old man had lost three sons, and must have also been very worried about Christy given his struggles with TB at the time.
I suspect that many casual fans don't know that Mathewson died so young, he was accidentally gassed during a training exercise in WWI and TB set into his damaged lungs. I have read a bit about chemical warfare in the trenches and have found that many gas casualties were "friendly", either due to mishandling or shifting winds...it seems like it was more common to try to have the gasses carried over to enemy lines by winds than to try to fire them over in some kind of shell.
BTW, I believe that very checkerboard from the 1922 photo was sold in the huge auction of Barry Halper's baseball collection in 1999 (the auction catalogues from that are truly fascinating).

[Bill Burgess]

Here is the Christy Mathewson thread.

Here is the Ed Walsh thread. Oops! I go to retrieve it and discover, to my horror, that we don't have one for Ed. Have the hell did that happen?

Regardless, here are some Ed Walsh photos, but they are action shots, not the kind you're looking for.

Ed Walsh, White Sox' P, 1911,--- BB-Reference----------------------------------------------1909---------------------------------------1911


Ed Walsh, White Sox' P, 1904-12------------------------------------------1912-13


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