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MikeInteresting story as to how Burke got his start.
In 1929, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy and catcher Gabby Hartnett were looking for the previous years photographer. They could only remember his last name, Burke, so they looked him up in the phone book. A listing creapt out at them, studio photographer George C. Burke, who's office was located near Wrigley field. Thus begun the baseball photography career of George Burke, who had no previous 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.
Burke had a heart attack in 48, and died in 51.