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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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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This card is one of the T207 series, which the record names "Brown Backgrounds" for the dark tone behind its portrait. The American Tobacco Company issued the set in the early 1910s, slipping the cards into cigarette packages as a collectible inducement. The Library's catalog dates this example to 1912 and identifies it as a color relief print with halftone, a method that reproduced painted or photographic images through inked printing plates. The title was devised by Library staff, and the card belongs to the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards.
| 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 | 3,805 × 4,749 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220548 |
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