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.
Image of Chief Bender warming up in Shibe Park in 1911. This is one of several postcards from this likely set depicting members of the Philadelphia Athletics. The A’s Hall of Famers Bender, Plank, Collins and Baker are known to be included, but not more…
This historically significant image is the earliest known original photo of Babe Ruth, the most celebrated baseball player ever, in the Majors. The image was likely snapped by a fan from the first base stands. Ruth is on the mound in his second major league…
Great image of Rabbit Maranville in 1914. It is a distinct possibility that the signature is Maranville’s himself as this RPPC was removed from a Maranville family scrapbook.