White Borders (T206) – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with White Borders (T206), a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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White Borders (T206)
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What sets this card apart is its plain white border, the feature that gives the T206 series its nickname, "White Borders." The American Tobacco Company issued the cards in cigarette packs between 1909 and 1911, and the set grew to more than 500 different players, making it one of the largest baseball card issues of its era. Printed in color using a halftone process, the cards were meant to be collected, and today they offer historians a detailed view of early twentieth-century ballplayers and the tobacco marketing that helped popularize the sport. This example comes from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
| 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 | 3,784 × 4,739 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220550 |
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