1934-36 BOB GARBARK Toledo Mud Hens Original GEORGE BURKE Photo Minor League

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1934-36 BOB GARBARK Toledo Mud Hens Original GEORGE BURKE Photo Minor League:
$16.75

DATE SHOT: 1934-36

SUBJECT: Bob Garbark

PHOTOGRAPHER: George Burke

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 7-1/2\"x9-1/2\"

MARKS / STAMPING: George Burke photographer\'s stamp. The Sporting News stamp. Typed identification. Sporting News Collection holofoil sticker affixed.

TYPE CLASSIFICATION: Original

COMMENTS / CONDITION: See scans for further details including condition.

Robert Michael Garbark was born in Houston, TX and died in 1990 in Meadville, PA. He played major league baseball from 1934 to 1945 as catcher for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox. He was the brother of Mike Garbark.

A case of mistaken identity made by the Chicago Cubs resulted in George Burke becoming the official photographer for the Chicago Cubs. In 1929, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy and Gabby Hartnett sought out the ballclub\'s previous photographer. They could only remember his last name, Burke, so they looked him up in the phone book. A listing leapt out at them: studio photographer George C. Burke, whose office was near Wrigley Field. Thus began the baseball photography career of George Burke, who had no prior sports experience whatsoever, and thus ended the career of photographer Francis Burke - the Cubs\' time-honored official cameraman and an unwitting victim of mistaken identity. To undertake his new \"big league\" endeavor, Burke hired the young (age 15) baseball-knowledgeable George Brace as his assistant, and the two soon became a Chicago institution. Ever-present at Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park, Burke and Brace shot not only for the Cubs, but also for the White Sox and football\'s Chicago Bears. They also endeavored to amass a complete portfolio of player portraits - a daunting task made possible by the fact that Chicago was the only city with both an American League and a National League franchise from 1929 all the way until Brace\'s retirement in 1993. As the official photographer for the Chicago Cubs, Burke quickly became renowned for his candid pre-game photos and thought-provoking portrait depictions, and his posed portraits and action photos were published in The Sporting News, Who\'s Who in the Major Leagues, and Baseball Digest as well as other publications, and provided the necessary photos for numerous 1930\'s and later baseball card and premium issues.

Explanation of Type Classifications:

Type 1 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during the period (within two years of when the shot was taken).

Type 2 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during a later period (more than two years after the shot was taken).

Type 3 = A 2nd generation photograph, developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during the period.

Type 4 = A 2nd generation photograph (or 3rd or later generation), developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during a later period.

Original = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, which appears to be of the period but for which a print date cannot be determined for definitive Type classification. Essentially, a photo we feel is a Type 1, but which lacks certain elements necessary for definitive dating of the print.

For further information regarding \"Type\" classification of photographs, please refer to \"A Portrait of Baseball Photography\" by Fogel, Oser and Yee, and to PSA\'s website at

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