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 set commemorated the A’s World Championship that year.
These four glass plate negatives of “Doc” White were taken by Francis P. Burke in circa 1912. They were all featured in the book That Old Ball Game by David R. Phillips, who rediscovered the Burke negatives in the 1970s.
1912 team postcard of the Boston Red Sox produced by The Photo Art Shop. This image was published after they had captured the American League pennant, but prior to the time they captured the World Series title.
This image was taken by Louis Van Oeyen of Nap Lajoie. This is the actual print that was used to publish the 1906 Lajoie Baseball Guide which is shown below. The print has no border, the “white” around the image is part of the mount.…