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Frank Baker, Philadelphia Athletics, from the World's Championship Series (D359) to John Albert Butler, Catcher, Rochester from the Clement Bros. Bread series (D380-1)

1909–1911
Not on view
Trade cards from the "Worlds Championship Series" set (D359), issued in 1911 to celebrate the Philadelphia Athletics 1910 championship win. The baseball cards were issued by Geiger Brothers of Newark, New Jersey, to promote the Rochester Baking Company and Williams Baking Company, both of Rochester, New York. The full set of 18 cards was printed with two sets of backings, each promoting the individual baking companies.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Frank Baker, Philadelphia Athletics, from the World's Championship Series (D359) to John Albert Butler, Catcher, Rochester from the Clement Bros. Bread series (D380-1)
  • Publisher: Issued by Geiger Brothers (American, Newark, New Jersey)
  • Publisher: Issued for the Rochester Baking Company
  • Publisher: Issued for the Williams Baking Company (American, Rochester, New York)
  • Publisher: Issued for Clement Brothers Bread (American, Rochester, New York)
  • Date: 1909–1911
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph and offset lithograph
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 308, p. 16, D359.19–D380.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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