John Clarkson – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of John Clarkson. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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John Clarkson
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Pitcher John Clarkson appears here as one of the players in Allen & Ginter's World's Champions series, a set of tobacco-pack cards issued in the late 1880s. Clarkson was among the best pitchers of his day and later became a Hall of Famer, though his career then was spent mostly with the Chicago White Stockings before he moved to Boston. The cards were inserted into cigarette packs to draw buyers, so the set brought together baseball players with boxers, rowers and other sporting figures. Its small size and simple portrait style are typical of the period's advertising ephemera, and they now offer a glimpse of how early stars were presented to the public.
| Created / published | c. 1887 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Allen & Ginter World's Champions. N28 baseball card series. c. 1887 |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 3,000 px · prints to 6 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 15 |
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