White Borders (T206) – 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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This rare historic print captures White Borders (T206) in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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White Borders (T206)
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The white border is what sets this card apart within the T206 set, one of the best-known baseball card issues of the era. The American Tobacco Company printed these cards around 1909 to 1911 and tucked them into cigarette packs, where the stiff cardboard also helped protect the cigarettes. Collectors later sorted the set by border color and back advertisement, and this version, with its plain white frame around a color portrait, became the most common of those variations. The Library's catalog title reflects that naming convention rather than a label printed on the card itself.
| Created / published | 1909-1911. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : relief with halftone, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1900-1920.Relief prints Color 1900-1920. |
| 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 | 3,821 × 4,687 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220517 |
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