Brown Backgrounds (T207) – 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 Brown Backgrounds (T207), a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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Printed on a brown background, this card is one of several color variants in the T207 series, a set of tobacco cards the American Tobacco Company packed with its cigarettes. The pictured ballplayers appear in small halftone portraits, and the set's many background colors are now the main way collectors sort their copies. The record dates this example to 1912, a few years after the cigarette cards became popular. The Library's Benjamin K. Edwards Collection preserves such cards as a record of how early baseball stars were presented to fans.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : relief with halftone, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Relief prints 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 | 3,826 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220533 |
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