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 and Atwell that features Bender’s headshot.
Interesting large early photo of Frank Chance. The stamp on back means this image was once part of The Cleveland Leaders newspaper archive. Also note the bat is entirely a drawn in fiction, Chance was doing a mock swing, but was not actually holding a…
This image of Baker in batting practice was taken contemporaneously with the similar Paul Thompson image in this collection. Note the same players in the background of both images.
A.J. Schumann postcard of the South Side park in Chicago infield view in 1908. The Chicago White Sox abandoned this wooden stadium in 1910 for the new concrete and steel Comiskey Park that would serve them for most of the 20th century. The rest of…