Bender warms up pregame. Home Run Baker is standing behind him. This is a known Paul Thompson agency image. This image was also used to produce the 1913 Tom Barker game card.
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…
Bender press photo. Editing marks, typical of a working press photo of the period are readily evident.
Bender demonstrates his powerful form while warming up. A particularly graceful image of Bender.
Bender as a young clerk in a gun store. He was a master trapshooter.
Bender in his E98 pose. This image was used on several baseball cards.
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.
Contact print of Bender on the mound at Shibe Park in Philadelphia in 1910. Unusual ground level shot looking up at Bender.
Perhaps Bender’s best known photo. This image was shot by Charles Conlon and was used for numerous card issues such as the T206 “No Trees” and T5 Pinkerton cabinet. Analysis of the scoreboard in the expanded image above determines this photo was taken on July 3,…
Artistic hand study of Frank Baker’s hands. Note the grip and the fine heathering in the flannel jersey.
This “Home Run” Baker pose was used for the Texas Tommy, Polo Grounds and M113 sets shown below. The extensive masking on this photo indicates it may well have been used to produce one of these cards.
Burke and Atwell photo of Baker in the pose that was used for the Sporting News M101-2 supplement. It is quite possible, based on the markings on this photo that appear in the supplement that this was the actual photo used to make the supplement.