A crisp Brown Brothers photograph of Chief Bender in Shibe Park Philadelphia circa 1911. This shot was used to produce his 1912 T227 card, note the rotation of the image for the card which produces an unnatural tilt to his head. The original glass plate…
Chief Bender portrait by George Burke in 1931 when he was a coach for the New York Giants.
This photo by Burke and Atwell appeared in newspapers during the 1910 season. The image was used for the 1911 Berger Philadelphia A’s foldout mail card. It was also the image used for the 1912 Plow’s Candy set.
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,…
Stetson Hats advertising postcard featuring the Philadelphia Athletics in 1911 after their championship season.
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…
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.
Reach Baseball Catalogs from 1912 and 1913. The 1912 catalog shows Sam Crawford at the bat and Chief Bender in his windup. These are based on Loius Van Oeyens photographs. The 1913 catalog shows Home Run Baker’s swing, Chief Bender in his follow through and…
Fascinating handwritten letter from Chief Bender to D.A. Fletcher who was organizing a barnstorming tour for after the 1910 baseball season. Fletcher’s tour was ultimately nixed by the National Commission who ran baseball at that time. The players’ frustration with such control over them led…
Chief Bender’s career spanned the years between 1903 and 1917, square in the heart of the Deadball Era. As an accomplished player on Championship caliber teams he appeared in many of the ephemera sets of the period. This display contains tobacco cards, candy cards, photos,…