S.F. Hess Newsboys League (N333) – Vintage Print
(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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A window into the past: S.F. Hess Newsboys League (N333), preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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S.F. Hess Newsboys League (N333)
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The record gives this card its name, the S.F. Hess Newsboys League, though the title was devised by Library staff rather than printed on the card itself. Its catalog number, N333, is the designation collectors use to find it in the American Card Catalog, the standard reference for 19th-century American cards. Issued by S.F. Hess & Company in 1888, it is a photographic albumen print, a process that used egg-white-coated paper and was common for small portrait images in the 1880s. Trade and promotional cards of this period often used baseball players as subjects, which helped tie the sport to everyday consumer culture. The card is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards held by the Library.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1880-1890.Albumen prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: S.F. Hess & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,826 × 4,687 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220468 |
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