Old Judge Cabinets (N173) – Vintage 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Old Judge Cabinets (N173), preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Old Judge Cabinets (N173)
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Goodwin & Company, the New York tobacco firm behind Old Judge cigarettes, issued this cabinet-format card in 1888 or 1889, well before the company's ads and inserts became standard parts of the cigarette trade. Unlike the small cards tucked into cigarette packs, this version was mounted on a larger cabinet card, a format that was common for studio portraits of the period and gave baseball players a more formal, photographic presentation. The card comes from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, a group of 19th-century baseball cards kept by the Library of Congress, and it shows how tobacco makers used baseball imagery to sell their products to a growing sporting audience.
| Created / published | 1888-89. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on cabinet card mount : albumen. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1880-1890.Albumen prints 1880-1890.Cabinet photographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,751 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220561 |
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