White Borders (T206) – Historic 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: White Borders (T206), preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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White Borders (T206)
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What sets this card apart is its plain white border, the feature that gives it the catalog title White Borders. The Library's staff devised that title, since the card itself is part of the T206 series issued by the American Tobacco Company between 1909 and 1911. The cards were packed with cigarettes, so buyers found them by chance and often saved them, which helped make the set one of the most recognized early baseball card issues. Its color printing, done with relief and halftone methods, shows how far commercial illustration had advanced by the 1910s.
| Created / published | 1909-1911. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : relief with halftone, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1900-1920.Relief prints Color 1900-1920. |
| 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 | 3,825 × 4,760 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220545 |
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