American Press Association – Page 2 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Chief Bender – Sepia Portrait, 1913

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Nice sepia toned portrait image of Bender. Photo by the American Press Association. Two copies of the photo are shown, it is interested to see the slight differences in tone and contrast.

Chief Bender – Delivery Pose, 1910

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Bender extends his delivery at the Hilltop Park in New York. Yet another photo exhibiting the grace of Bender’s pitching form. These photos were intended to be used by newspapers. A great example of this is how this Bender image has been incorporated to a…

Chief Bender – M113 Pose, c. 1912

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Chief Bender exhibits his fine pitching form in this photo. The image is likely by the American Press Association and used by the International News Service. There are two of these photos in the Collection, the second one is a closer cropped version. This image…

Chief Bender – Hilltop Park, 1911

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Oversized 14 x 17 game action shot of Bender at the Hilltop Park in New York. The Armory building, built in 1911, is evident behind the wall. This huge image would have hung at a newsstand to sell papers.

Chief Bender – Graceful Delivery, c. 1910

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Perhaps the most graceful images of Bender ever shot. Taken at Shibe Park in Philadelphia by the American Press Association. In our humble opinion, these are the best Chief Bender photos ever shot.

Chief Bender – Stare, 1913

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Large portrait photo of Bender with an intense stare. This image was taken by the American Press Association.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Portrait, c. 1913

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Portrait image of Home Run Baker. This collar style was one used by the A’s in 1913 and 1914 when Baker was with them.

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

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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.

“All-Stars” Opening Day Composite, 1915

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This is a 1915 American Press Association composite photo that appeared in the Police Gazette. Stars of the American League, National League and Federal League are depicted. The backdrop is of Fenway Park in Boston during the eighth game of the 1912 World Series as…

Chief Bender at the World Series, 1911

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Chief Bender just before game 5 of the 1911 World Series at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Bender won the game and the A’s went on to defeat the New York Giants in the series to claim the World Championship. Graig Kreindler, the noted artist, used…