Mercersburg / Bristow Adams. – Antique Wall Art
(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 Mercersburg / Bristow Adams., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mercersburg / Bristow Adams.
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This color poster centers on Mercersburg, a Pennsylvania school town best known for its preparatory academy, and it shows baseball players from that period in the years around 1900 to 1910. Bristow Adams signed the stone in the lower right, and the work was published in Washington, D.C., by Andrew B. Graham around 1903. Graham's firm used photolithography to turn artwork into inexpensive, colorful prints, which were popular souvenirs for schools and athletic teams of the era. The piece is a useful record of how collegiate and school sports were promoted in print at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : Andrew B. Graham, c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : photolithograph, color. |
| Genre | by the Potomac Press |
| Notes | Title from item. Signed on stone Bristow Adams" in lower right. Copyright |
| Subjects | Schools--Pennsylvania--Mercersburg--1900-1910. Baseball players--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217108 |
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