Frank Baker Cabinet Card
date: label: date made
content: 1911
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Baker, Frank
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Athletics
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 1911 T5 series Pinkerton cabinet card depicting baseball player Frank Baker. Cabinet cards were photographs mounted on stiff cardboard backings offered as premiums or collectibles. This card was available via mail using proof-of-purchases from Pinkerton Tobacco products.
label: Description (Brief)
content: John Franklin Baker (1886-1963,) better known as Home Run Baker, was a third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1908-1914) and New York Yankees (1916-1922.) A lifetime .307 hitter, the Maryland native was given his moniker for leading the American League in Home Runs for four consecutive years (1911-1914.) Along with Stuffy McInnis, Eddie Collins, and Jack Barry, Baker was part of Philadelphia's famed "100,000,000 infield" which helped bring the A's three World Series championships (1910,1911,1913.)
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.030.02
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.030.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm