Chief Bender – Baseball Bats image, 1905 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Chief Bender – Baseball Bats image, 1905

Chief Bender warms up. Note the photographer with the camera on his knee photographing Bender. This pose was used on the Baseball Bats card.

Based on the definitive research of Deron Dixon it is possible to identify the backdrop as the New York Highlanders home ballpark, Hilltop Park in 1905.

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Bender Baseball Bats

Charles A. "Chief" Bender, Philadelphia Athletics

Photographer/AgencyPictorial News Co.Image Date1905Print DateVintage OriginalNotes/Stampings on ReversePictorial News Co. stampCard/Publication UseBaseball Bats cardLocationHilltop Park in New York CityDimensions4.5 x 6.5 in.MediumPhotograph - gelatin silver printProvenancePhoto File ArchiveStatusRetained in The Chapman Deadball CollectionShare