Haworth’s, which produced the Jack Lapp and Jack Coombs RPPCs in the Collection in 1911, was a photography store in Philadelphia. This was likely their first foray into baseball postcards.
This ad appeared in the August 8, 1909 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Clearly this ad describes our postcard and the scene we see is the crowd at Shibe Park for a A’s vs. Tigers game.
Frank Lange shown in a RPPC taken during an exhibition game in 1912 in Wisconsin.
Jack Lapp appears in this 1911 postcard sponsored by a local Philadelphia camera store, Haworth’s, which specialized in Kodaks and also produced real photo postcards for customers as explained on the below advertising sample. The card is postmarked in October 1911 making it highly likely…
This image was shot by a fan on October 10th at the 1912 World Series at Fenway Park. It depicts the crucial moment of game 3, with the Giants’ Rube Marquard facing Boston’s Larry Gardner in the bottom of the ninth. The postcard states it…