Players – Page 31 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Chief Bender – Contact Print, 1910

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Contact print of Bender on the mound at Shibe Park in Philadelphia in 1910. Unusual ground level shot looking up at Bender.

Chief Bender – Conlon T206 image, 1909

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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,…

Chief Bender – Baseball Bats image, c. 1908

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Bender warms up. Note the photographer with the camera on his knee photographing Bender. This pose was used on the Baseball Bats card.

Chief Bender – Cabinet Photo, c. 1904

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This photo show a dapper young Bender in a cabinet photo from a Carlisle, PA studio. Bender attended college there and this photo may well be earlier than 1904. There is also a possibility that the signature on back is an early Bender signature.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Hand Study, c 1910

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Artistic hand study of Frank Baker’s hands. Note the grip and the fine heathering in the flannel jersey.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Poised to Strike II, c. 1912

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This photo is a near twin to the other Baker batting photo with the same players in the background. This one was taken by noted photographer Paul Thompson.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Sweater, c. 1911

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Baker is shown in the famous sweater that the Philadelphia Athletics wore during their championship run in 1910-1911.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Portrait, c. 1913

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Portrait image of Home Run Baker. This collar style was one used by the A’s in 1913 and 1914 when Baker was with them.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Texas Tommy Pose, c. 1910

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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.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – M101-2 Pose, c. 1910

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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.

Frank “Home Run” Baker – Follows Through, c. 1912

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“Home Run” Baker demonstrates his swing in a full follow through. Note the whiskey signage in the background and The Armory beyond the left field wall. This identifies the stadium as Hilltop Park in New York.

Frank “Home Run” Baker T227 pose, 1911

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Famous Charles Conlon image of Baker that was used for the T227 baseball card set. The image was also used in newspaper ads for Coca-Cola as well.