Contentnea Photo Series (T209) – 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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Step back in time with Contentnea Photo Series (T209), a historic print 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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Contentnea Photo Series (T209)
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This card belongs to the Contentnea Photo Series, cataloged as T209, a set the American Tobacco Company issued in 1910 with its cigarette packs. Each card carried a small photographic portrait of a ballplayer, printed by halftone, a photomechanical process that broke a photograph into tiny dots so it could be reproduced cheaply in large runs. Tobacco companies inserted cards like this to stiffen the packs and encourage buyers to collect a full set, and the cards later became prized as records of early professional players and their appearance. The title "Baseball card" was supplied by Library staff, since the original card itself does not name its own series in that way.
| Created / published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910. |
| 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 | 3,806 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220464 |
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