Brown Backgrounds (T207) – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Brown Backgrounds (T207). An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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Set against a plain brown field, this card takes its title from that background, a label the Library's staff devised rather than one printed on the card. The American Tobacco Company issued cards like it as premiums packed with its cigarettes, a common marketing tactic of the period that encouraged collectors to keep buying. The brown backgrounds gave the series its popular nickname. The relief halftone printing in color shows how far commercial illustration had advanced by the 1910s. Cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection now document both the game and early mass-produced printing.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : relief with halftone, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Relief prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,781 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220589 |
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