White Borders (T206) – 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
Step back in time with White Borders (T206), a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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White Borders (T206)
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The white border that gives this card its name sets it apart from the many other baseball cards in the set. Library staff devised the title "White Borders" for the record, and the American Tobacco Company issued the card between 1909 and 1911. Tobacco firms tucked cards like this into cigarette packs to encourage sales, and the T206 series, one of the largest sets of its era, is now among the most closely studied by collectors. The card comes from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, which preserves these cards as a record of the game and of how it was marketed.
| 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 | 3,776 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220546 |
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