Haworth Kodak Philadelphia A’s – The Chapman Deadball Collection

1910 Philadelphia A’s composite RPPC

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Rarely seen real photo composite postcard of the World Champion A’s, likely issued during the 1911 World Series. The October 28, 1911 postmark is only two days after the A’s completed their victorious series against the New York Giants. “Champion Athletics” could refer to the…

Haworth’s A’s vs. Tigers crowd scene, 1909

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Haworth’s, which produced the Jack Lapp and Jack Coombs RPPCs in the Collection in 1911, was a photography store in Philadelphia. This was likely their first foray into baseball postcards. This ad appeared in the August 8, 1909 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Clearly this…

Philadelphia – Shibe Park Inaugural Opening Day, 1909

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This was the Inaugural game at the new Shibe Park in Philadelphia on April 12, 1909. Our view of the A’s dugout shows most of the team’s players. (L to R) Heinie Heitmuller, Danny Murphy, Bob Ganley, Eddie Plank, Jack Lapp, Jimmy Dygert, Eddie Collins,…

Philadelphia Athletics – Stetson Hats, c. 1911

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Stetson Hats advertising postcard featuring the Philadelphia Athletics in 1911 after their championship season.

Haworth’s – Jack Lapp, 1911

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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…

Haworth’s – Jack Coombs, 1911

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Jack Coombs 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 only other known card from this set, Jack Lapp, is…

Chief Bender – On the Mound, 1913

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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…

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Galveston, Texas, 1912

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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…

Frank “Home Run” Baker, c. 1910

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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.