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Win Mercer – Chickering Cabinet, 1900

1- Photographs, Elmer Chickering, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Win Mercer

1900 cabinet photo of Win Mercer, the Giants star who tragically committed suicide in 1903. This image is by noted early baseball photographer Elmer Chickering.

Roger Bresnahan, 1905 image by Harry Raess

Hall of Famers, Harry Raess, New York Newspapers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Roger Bresnahan

Bresnahan at bat at the Polo Grounds in 1905. The image is by Harry Raess, who worked for George Grantham Bain and other photo services and newspapers in New York. The image was published in The New York Herald in 1905.

Chief Bender, Cracker Jack pose circa 1910 by Frances P. Burke

1- Photographs, Chief Bender, Collections, Francis P. Burke, Hall of Famers, Photographers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Photos used for Cards, Players

This pose was used for the 1914/1915 Cracker Jack sets. A beautiful shot of Bender, forever immortalized on a cardboard slab. The photo was taken by Frances P. Burke of Burke & Atwell. We know this because of a 1910 A’s postcard attributed to Burke…

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