This photo show a dapper young Bender in a cabinet photo from a Carlisle, PA studio. Bender attended college there and this photo may well be earlier than 1904. There is also a possibility that the signature on back is an early Bender signature. There is a Carlisle, PA studio blindstamp in the the lower right corner of the mount.
Chief Bender – Cabinet Photo, c. 1904
Charles A. "Chief" Bender, Carlisle
Photographer/AgencyStudio in Carlisle, PennslyvaniaImage Datec. 1904Print DateOriginal print c. 1904Notes/Stampings on ReverseBlindstamp on front, handwritten identifierLocationCarlisle, PennslyvaniaDimensions5 x 9 in.MediumPhotograph - gelatin silver mounted printProvenanceUnknownStatusRetained in The Chapman Deadball CollectionShare