Frank Chance – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Frank Chance, c. 1908 Francis Burke negative

1906-1910 Images, Chicago Cubs, Collections, Francis P. Burke, Frank Chance, Glass Negatives, Hall of Famers, Photographers, Photographs, Players, Teams

Image of Frank Chance taken by Francis P. Burke circa 1908. Burke was one of the foremost of Deadball photographers and based in Chicago. This image is a positive of the original negative which is in the Collection. It is likely this image was taken…

Chicago Cubs team photo, 1912 by Underwood & Underwood

1911-1915 Images, Agencies, Chicago Cubs, Collections, Frank Chance, Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, Players, Teams, Underwood & Underwood

Sharp and clear contact print by Underwood & Underwood of the Chicago Cubs team in 1912. The team is in their road uniform and jackets and are posed by the duguot at the Polo Grounds in New York. “Three Finger” Mordecai Brown is the third…

Frank Chance, 1914

1911-1915 Images, Agencies, Brown Brothers, Collections, Frank Chance, Hall of Famers, New York Giants, Teams

Frank Chance at the batting cage at Spring Training in Houston, Texas in 1914. Photo by Brown Brothers.

Frank Chance c. 1906 photo

1906-1910 Images, Agencies, Chicago Cubs, Collections, Frank Chance, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams, The Cleveland Leader

Interesting large early photo of Frank Chance. The stamp on back means this image was once part of The Cleveland Leaders newspaper archive. Also note the bat is entirely a drawn in fiction, Chance was doing a mock swing, but was not actually holding a…

1911 Jones, Keyser & Arras Frank Chance cabinet photo

1911-1915 Images, Chicago Cubs, Collections, Frank Chance, Hall of Famers, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Photos used for Cards, Teams

An extremely rare cabinet card/photo. This 1911 issue depicts Cubs manager HOFer Frank Chance in a photograph that has been mounted the pre-printed mount.