Chief Bender’s career spanned the years between 1903 and 1917, square in the heart of the Deadball Era. As an accomplished player on Championship caliber teams he appeared in many of the ephemera sets of the period. This display contains tobacco cards, candy cards, photos, postcards, pennants, pins and stamps and gives a good sense of the collectibles of the Deadball Era.

The display is encased in a period Mission window frame, note the intact sash lock at center right. The display contains:

Top Left Pane: Domino Disc PX-7

Top Center Pane: 1911 World Series Postcard, Piedmont Art Stamp, 1909 Opening Day Shibe Park RPPC

Top Right Pane: Sweet Caporal P2 pin

Middle Left Pane: (descending) Pinkerton mystery set photo, E103 Williams, T206 No Trees, 1911 RPPC

Middle Center Pane: (top row) Baseball Bats, T204 Ramly, BF2 Pennant, D304 Brunners, E101, (middle row) T3, Signed photo, W600 Sporting Life, (bottom row) E90-1. T206 Portrait, T201 Double Fold, Nadja “World Champions”, T207

Middle Right Pane: (descending) American Lithographic art card, E98, E101, Monarch Typewriter postcard

Bottom Left Pane: W555

Bottom Center Pane: Cracker Jack, 1911 double fond postcard, T227

Bottom Right Pane: Helmar Stamp