Turkey Red Cabinets (T3) – 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.)
Description
This antique lithograph of Turkey Red Cabinets (T3) brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Turkey Red Cabinets (T3)
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Few tobacco premiums of the period were as large as the Turkey Red cabinets that the American Tobacco Company issued in 1911. Unlike the pocket-sized cards most collectors know, these were cabinet-size pieces printed in chromolithography and then colored by hand, so each one shows some individual finishing. The card is catalogued as T3 and is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards at the Library of Congress. It shows how cigarette makers used the sport's stars to sell their products before baseball cards became a collecting hobby of their own.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph with hand-color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Chromolithographs 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 | 3,781 × 4,740 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220557 |
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