2 – Real Photo Postcards – Page 7 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Chicago White Sox player on a burro, 1911

The White Sox trained in Mineral Wells, Texas in 1911. The locals promised them each a burro if they won the World Series. Here a White Sox player is trying out the potential prize.

Chicago White Sox, 1911

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Team Photos

The Chicago White Sox are shown posing on the front porch of a boarding house in Stephenville, Texas during Spring Training 1911. Note the tricycle in front of them.

Chicago Cubs Barnstorming in Henry ILL., 1914

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

This image is from a Chicago Cubs barnstorming trip to Henry, Illinois in 1914 where they played the local team after parading through town in open automobiles. Note the ball in flight a few feet from the pitcher’s hand. Also note the tiny bear cub,…

World Series – Cubs vs. White Sox, 1906

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Deadball Stadiums, World Series

Postcard from a World Series game in 1906 in the West Side Grounds between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox would prevail in the Series to claim the World Championship.

Jack Chesbro – Middletown, New York team, 1905

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Hall of Famers, Jack Chesbro, Team Photos

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 – Bregstone, c. 1909

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Hall of Famers, Roger Bresnahan

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.

Boston Red Sox team, 1912

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Boston Red Sox, Hall of Famers

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 – On the Mound, 1913

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Chief Bender, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Haworth Kodak Philadelphia A's

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…

Chief Bender – Coming Off the Field, 1913

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Chief Bender, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers

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…

Chief Bender, 1911

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Hall of Famers

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…

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

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Hall of Famers, Haworth Kodak Philadelphia A's, Lee Stopple - Galveston Spring Training

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

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Hall of Famers, Haworth Kodak Philadelphia A's

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.