Shoeless Joe Jackson pictures

[George H Ruth]

Well I decided to start a thread about Shoeless Joe Jackson pictures. Hopefully I find new ones that you guys haven't seen yet. Hopefully you enjoy them as well.

Shoeless at the plate


Joe with some young fans


Joe showing off his swing


Joe giving a pep talk


Honest Eddie Murphy (far left). Shoeless Joe Jackson (center) 1918


Joe on the edge of the dugout


Joe on the Edge of the dugout


1919 White Sox Outfielders: Leibold, Felsch, S. Collins, Jackson


Shoeless throwing the ball


Shoeless glaring down

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Shoeless in the field


Shoeless in 1913


Joe swinging


Joe throwing


Joe holding a bat


Joe in the outfield


Joe sliding


Katie, Joe, Gertrude and Martha in Joe's car - 1914


Joe getting ready to swing


Joe follow through

[George H Ruth]

Joe takes a mighty swing


Joe in a stunning outfit 1910


Joe watching Chapman sliding at the plate


Turner and Jackson


Joe crossing the plate


Joe in a car 1914


Joe showing us his bunting stance


Joe with teamates in his car


Joe with teamates 1914


Joe sliding to third

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Joe during spring training


Joe in 1911


Joe getting some medical tape 1912


Joe with Katie 1924


Joe in 1924


Joe on trial 1924


Americus team photo 1923


Another team photo Joe is the one standing 1923


Joe swinging a bat 1937 he's 50 years old


Joe hitting a home run in 1932

[George H Ruth]

Joe waiting for his turn to bat in 1932


Joe posing for the camera in 1932


Joe and his brother Jerry


Joe throwing in 1922


Joe swinging in 1922


Joe with Katie 1932


Joe at the dry cleaners 1927


Joe and Katie in their vehicle


Joe with his car 1940


Joe at his house 1942

[George H Ruth]

Joe behind the counter


Joe in front of his house


Joe with Katie and there dog


Joe with his mother and brother


Joe and nephew around 1950


Joe with nehpew around 1949


Joe in 1951


Joe at his liqour store


Joe Jackson Night 1940's


Joe with friends

[George H Ruth]

Joe teaching young kids 1944


Joe in front of his liquour store


Joe smiling 1941


Joe in his liquour store


Joe holding a bat 1932


Shoeless in his backyard


Shoeless Joe team 1910


Joe on wedding day


From left to right: Amos Strunk, Heine Heitmuller & Joe Jackson, 1909


Joe in 1910

[DiMag4Life]

Stunning!!!!

I can't recall ever seeing most of these pictures. Great job, yet another photo thread you've started. Kudos to you, really enjoying the later-in-life Joe shots.

[Brian McKenna]

I've been enjoying all these photos of Cobb, Ruth and Jax the last week or so. Thanks to all for going the extra mile. It's been a joy.

[KCGHOST]

An absolutely stunning collection of photos! :applaud::applaud:

[whoisonit]

This is an interesting picture.

The man in the center holding the bat is black. He's not a teamate but he clearly is the focal point of the photo, which is curious for the era.

I'm guessing it's the off-season, judging by the leafless trees and heavy coats. I'm quessing also, if he was an oposing player from a barnstorming tour, he would be wearing some type of uniform. He's not. Most of the players seem to be smiling, happy about being photograghed with him. I'd like to find out who the bat holding man is.

Do you have access to any other information concerning this photo, besides the year ?



Joe with teamates 1914

[Brian McKenna]

Do you have access to any other information concerning this photo, besides the year ?

From the website:


This photo was taken in 1914 during Spring Training in Athens, GA and the monument in this picture is still standing at the corner of College Avenue and Broad Street. The photo shows Joe (the only one without a cap in the photo) and other Cleveland teammates with musicial instruments.......although we're not sure why. The black man in the middle is actually holding one of Joe's bats...... The story goes that Joe and one of his teammates had been hitting fly balls to this man and a group of his friends during the entire practice session on the day this photo was taken.

[whoisonit]

That's great, thanks. It's a shame to think he probably never got a copy of this photo. What a great thing for his decendents to own.

I thought maybe the instruments had something to do with him. Did Joe play the ukelele ? I didn't know that.

BTW - what web site did you get this info from ?

[Brian McKenna]

That's great, thanks. It's a shame to think he probably never got a copy of this photo. What a great thing for his decendents to own.

I cut off the part where it said the picture was provided by a "Jackson family member."

When you're viewing a picture - note the web address.

[whoisonit]

I meant the black guy.

[George H Ruth]

Thanks for the compliments guys, I'll try to post some more good ones.

Shoeless Joe getting ready to catch a ball


Shoeless at Cook County Courthouse on July 21, 1921


Close up look of Joe during the same day


The Soxs players with their lawyers


Joe leaving the court hourse 1921


Joe sitting behind his desk 1949


Joe with Furman Bisher 1949


David Jackson, Katie, Joe around 1927


Joe's dad photo, taken unknown


Joe and his sister Gertrude 1914

[blackbetsy]

[QUOTE=George H Ruth;1123332]Thanks for the compliments guys, I'll try to post some more good ones.

The photos are from the Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame at http://www.blackbetsy.com

Feel free to ask me any questions about any of the photos and I will be happy to answer them.

Mike Nola
Official Historian
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame Web Site
http://www.blackbetsy.com/
Home of the Joe Jackson model Louisville Slugger baseball bat offer.
The voice said "Build it and they will come".........and they have!!!!!

[blackbetsy]

[QUOTE=whoisonit;1123195]That's great, thanks. It's a shame to think he probably never got a copy of this photo. What a great thing for his decendents to own.

I thought maybe the instruments had something to do with him. Did Joe play the ukelele ? I didn't know that.

Joe didn't play any instruments.....they're just props for the photo.

Mike Nola
Official Historian
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame Web Site
http://www.blackbetsy.com/
Home of the Joe Jackson model Louisville Slugger baseball bat offer.
The voice said "Build it and they will come".........and they have!!!!!

[blackbetsy]

This is a photo of me sitting on that very statue in 2003.



Mike Nola
Official Historian
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame Web Site
http://www.blackbetsy.com/
Home of the Joe Jackson model Louisville Slugger baseball bat offer.
The voice said "Build it and they will come".........and they have!!!!!

[SHOELESSJOE3]

What a job, never saw this many pics of the great Joe Jackson in my entire life and I've been following this game for many, many years and here we have a treasure all at one location.

One of the most interesting players in the game even though his stay was short. Always a topic of discussion even after all these years............what might have been, what could he have done.

Great job on this one.

[blackbetsy]

What a job, never saw this many pics of the great Joe Jackson in my entire life and I've been following this game for many, many years and here we have a treasure all at one location.

One of the most interesting players in the game even though his stay was short. Always a topic of discussion even after all these years............what might have been, what could he have done.

Great job on this one.

I'm surprised you haven't found the VHOF before now. We have had the site up since early 1995. We are the Official web site of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Society and the only Jackson site on the Internet with the blessings of the family of Joe Jackson. We do have a lot more photos that we are in the process of scanning and getting on the web.

Mike Nola
Official Historian
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame Web Site
http://www.blackbetsy.com/
Home of the Joe Jackson model Louisville Slugger baseball bat offer.
The voice said "Build it and they will come".........and they have!!!!!

[SHOELESSJOE3]

I'm surprised you haven't found the VHOF before now. We have had the site up since early 1995. We are the Official web site of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Society and the only Jackson site on the Internet with the blessings of the family of Joe Jackson. We do have a lot more photos that we are in the process of scanning and getting on the web.

Mike Nola
Official Historian
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame Web Site
http://www.blackbetsy.com/
Home of the Joe Jackson model Louisville Slugger baseball bat offer.
The voice said "Build it and they will come".........and they have!!!!!

I do recall paying your site a visit some years ago Mike. I have saved so many sites dealing with the game my list is so long that I sometimes lose some in the shuffle and don't get back to them as often as I would like to.

[Bill Burgess]

Hi George,

These are good photos of Joe Jackson. About 10 of them however are from our own Joe Jackson thread here on Fever.

http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=33810

When one performs a google search for baseball photos, a huge number of those photos are from baseball-fever. google gets a lot of theirs from us!

Just thought you'd like to know.

[crazyhorsesghost]

Some great photos there. I really enjoyed them. Shoeless Joe Jackson is one of my favorite players of all time.

[blackbetsy]

Here is a shot of Joe and some of the Sox visiting a greenhouse / nursery in 1920. They are pictured with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Edwin Thomas Meredith. Meredith is the first man on the left and Jackson is the fifth man from the left.
2nd from left, Red Faber.

[blackbetsy]

Here is another photo of Joe and some of his Sox teammates visiting the greenhouse in 1920. (left to right) Ray Schalk, Red Faber, unkown, Shano Collins, unknown, Edwin Thomas Meredith (U.S. Secretary of Agriculture), Joe Jackson, unknown, Bibb Falk. We thought the guy standing between Jackson and Falk was Eddie Cicotte, but Cicotte was 5 foot, 9 inches and Jackson was 6 foot, 1 inch, so we don't believe this guy to be Cicotte based on that. The one thing about this photo that stands out to me is that Jackson is not pictured with any of the Black Sox.....seems ole Joe was trying to distance himself from those guys in 1920. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm.

[Bill Burgess]

The 3rd man from the left looks a lot like Eddie Collins, in both photos.

[blackbetsy]

Joe with Washington Post writer, Shirley Povich (yes, Maury Povich's dad) at an exhibition game between the Washington Nationals and the Detroit Tigers. The game was played in the Spring of 1941 in Greenville as the two teams traveled back North for the regular season. Shirley interviewed Joe during the game and the resulting article from that interview appeared in the April 11th Washington Post (http://www.blackbetsy.com/pdf/April-11-1941-WashingtonPost.pdf). In case you're interested, Washington won the game 5 - 3 over the Tigers



Colorized version of the photo

[blackbetsy]

The 3rd man from the left looks a lot like Eddie Collins, in both photos.

I have the 22 meg raw file...and it's large enough to pretty much rule out Eddie Collins. It's not Eddie.....I have photos of pretty much everyone on the 1920 team and I cannot match these three guys up to anyone on the team...at least not from the player photos I have.