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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Brown Backgrounds (T207). Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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Few tobacco-card sets are as recognizable as the T207 series, whose warm brown backgrounds gave this card the name the Library's staff adopted for it. The American Tobacco Company packaged these small cards with its tobacco products around 1910, and the set grew large enough to cover hundreds of players from the major and minor leagues. The 1912 date in the record places this print among the later years of the series' circulation, and its color and halftone printing show how the company turned the national game into collectible advertising for buyers of cigarettes and tobacco.
| 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 | 3,815 × 4,741 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220577 |
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