W.S. Kimball Champions (N184) – Antique 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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Step back in time with W.S. Kimball Champions (N184), an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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W.S. Kimball Champions (N184)
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Part of W.S. Kimball's "Champions" series, catalogued as N184, this 1888 card is a chromolithograph, a multicolor print made from several lithographic stones. Kimball, a cigarette manufacturer in Rochester, New York, tucked cards like this into its packs, both to stiffen the package and to give buyers a collectible reason to pick its brand. Cards from the 1880s were printed in bright color and often showed players in posed, idealized form, so they now record both the look of the era's advertising and the early rise of professional baseball. The card is held in the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection at the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1880-1890.Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: W.S. Kimball Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,811 × 4,662 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220521 |
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