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1905 Asylum BBC: Standing L to R: John Degnan, Fisher Launt, Chris Genegal, Tommy Murray, W. E. Cook Manager in suit, Charlie Tierney, Jack Chesbro, Art Madison, Tuck Turner. Kneeling L to R: Pete Lamer, Chris Rhinecker, Tommy Morehead, John Lawlor. Photo by Charles A. Ketcham. Fascinating…

Roger Bresnahan from the Bregstone postcard set which featured member of the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns. This set features stunning clarity and on the field shots of the players.

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.

Chief Bender in his Pinkerton T5 and scorecard image. The original photo is by Charles Conlon as seen in the Collection. Pinkerton, a tobacco company, issued the T5 cabinet cards with an actual photo print and also smaller postcard sized lithographic scorecard back and plan…

Chief Bender is shown in his windup on the mound in this postcard taken on September 1, 1913 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. This postcard accompanies the 1913 Bender Coming off the Field postcard which is also part of this Collection. The same fan took…

This image depicts Bender coming off the field in a postcard snapped by a fan on the third base line on September 1, 1913 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. This is the same game, and by the same photographer, as the 1913 Bender on the…

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…

Lee Stopple, a noted photographer, took this image of Baker and the similar image of Christy Mathewson also in this collection. The clarity and composition of the photos is of exceptional quality and we can get a sense of Stopple from the accolades he annotated…

RPPC of Home Run Baker holding his lethal bat. While the postcard is trimmed, it features all of the actual image as the photographer chose an oval crop for the image itself.

This real photo postcard was taken in 1907 in front of Snellenburg’s department store in Philadelphia when the Elk’s national convention was in town. Great Americana shot which depicts a detailed Philadelphia Inquirer Major League scoreboard that can be dated to July 13, 1907 based…

Christy Mathewson and Chief Bender are the opposing pitchers depicted in this postcard for the first game of the 1911 World Series at the Polo Grounds in New York. This is a lithographic rather than photographic postcard.

Framed collection of T206 tobacco cards form 1909-1911. The frame is a Tiger Oak period Mission frame. Top Row: Roger Bresnahan (HOF), Christy Mathewson (HOF), Sam Crawford (HOF) Eddie Collins (HOF) 2nd Row: Clark Griffith (HOF), Old Mill card back, Patsy Dougherty Center Row: Joe…