George Burke (1874-1951) and George Brace (1913-2002) were the official photographers the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox, and the National Football League's Chicago Bears between 1929 and 1951. In 1929, as the Chicago Cubs manager Joe McCarthy searched for the team's previous photographer, whose name was Francis Burke, McCarthy instead came across studio photographer George Burke in the Chicago, Illinois phonebook. Seeing that the studio was just a 15-minute walk from Wrigley Field, McCarthy invited George to become the team's official photographer, igniting what would become a distinguished baseball photography career. Though Burke happily took on the role, he did not know much about the game itself and therefore hired and mentored a young baseball enthusiast by the name of George Brace. Together, they became a team and a permanent fixture of both Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park.

Over the course of their career, they assembled a photographic portfolio of player portraits from several American and National League teams as they passed through Chicago's stadiums. Combined, Burke and Brace captured thousands of portraits of baseball players across most of the 20th century, forging their legacy in the history of baseball photography. Some players, including Babe Ruth, bought prints of their portraits from Burke to autograph for their fans. Additionally, Burke took photographs for the Goudey and Play Ball baseball card creators.

Burke suffered a heart attack in 1948 that greatly diminished his ability to take photographs, so Brace increased his participation as the Chicago teams' official photographer until Burke's death in 1951. After Burke died, Brace stepped down as the official photographer but continued to take baseball photographs as a hobby until 1994 when he developed eye problems. Additionally, Brace inherited the rights to Burke's archive of negatives after Burke died and subsequently sold reprints of his images. Brace died on June 15, 2002 in Chicago at the age of 89.