Cyleback's 20th Century Photograph Archives :
Eddie Collins (American baseball star, 1887-1951) played baseball for 25 years in the major leagues, a 20th century record for position players. His batted over .340 ten times and is a member of the 3,000 hit club. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
The following is a selection of snapshots from the 1910s-20s that were a part Collins' personal photograph album. As you will see, most of these snapshots show Collins and his baseball friends away from the baseball diamond.
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Joe Bush, Eddie Collins and Dan Hoffman on a fishing trip.
Unknown and Joe Bush (in his baseball warm-up sweater).
Three Hall of Famers Golfing. (left to right) Harry Hooper,
Collins and baseball commissioner Judge Mountain Landis
Bush and Hoffman
Hoffman to the rescue!.
Pictured left to right: Hoffman, Bush, Jim Shawkey, unknown and Collins on a hunting trip.
Circa 1927 (left to right): Collin’s Philadelphia Athletics teammate Ty Cobb, Thomas Edison and Athletics owner Connie Mack.
Corporal Collins (back to us) and the Chicago White Sox march to the Spring Training ball park in Mineral
Wells Texas. This was a part of training in anticipation of America’s entering World War I.
Fun is over, it’s back to work for Collins.
