Obak (T212) – Vintage 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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Obak (T212) comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Obak (T212)
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The name on this card points to its origin: it belongs to the T212 series, issued by the American Tobacco Company in 1909 and packed with Obak cigarettes. Like other tobacco cards of the period, it was meant to stiffen the pack and to encourage buyers to collect the whole set. Its color comes from chromolithography, a multistage printing process then common for commercial art, and the relief finish gives the surface a slightly raised texture. Cards like this were among the first widely distributed images of professional ballplayers, and they now serve as a record of how the sport and the tobacco trade promoted each other.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph with relief, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1900-1910.Chromolithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| 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 | 3,782 × 4,735 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220487 |
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