Frank “Home Run” Baker – Oversized Portrait, c. 1911

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Oversized Portrait, c. 1911

Huge 14 x 17 oversize photo of an intense Baker. These were hung at newsstands to sell newspapers, thus the oversize type on back to enable it to be read at a distance. The largest Type 1 Deadball Era photograph we have ever seen.

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Frank "Home Run" Baker, Philadelphia Athletics

Photographer/AgencyAmerican Press AssociationImage Date1911Print DateOriginal print 1911Notes/Stampings on ReverseLarge print caption to be visible when hung at a newstandLocationUndeterminedDimensions14 x 17 in.MediumPhotograph - gelatin silver printProvenanceUnknownStatusRetained in The Chapman Deadball CollectionShare