Issued by the Rotograph company featuring Carl Horner images. Rotograph issued high quality postcards in the first decades of the 20th Century. This postcard features a composite of the individual RPPCs Rotograph produced for the New York Giants team.
Also shown is a rare rotating postcard rack which was used to sell a variety of Rotograph postcards, no doubt including the Giants set.
Charles Conlon photo of Kid Nichols in 1904, Conlon’s first year of Conlon’s baseball photographic career. Photos of Nichols are very rare.
This classic image of Baker with the upturned collar and massive bat is in our opinion the finest image of Baker and which perfectly captures the aura of the Deadball Era. Baker’s bat weighed in an incomprehensible 52 ounces.
In 1914 the Philadelphia Athletics passed through Abilene, Texas on their way back from a western tour prior to the season. Eddie Collins is seen a the bat against a local team of bankers. It was a regular occurrence in the Deadball Era for Major…