Brown Backgrounds (T207) – 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
This historic print of Brown Backgrounds (T207) brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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What sets this card apart is its brown background, one of several color variants that distinguish the T207 series from other American Tobacco Company baseball issues. The company packed small cards like this one into cigarette packages, and later collectors sorted them by background color, which turned an ordinary giveaway into a puzzle for completists. Printed in color using relief and halftone methods, the card shows how far commercial printing had advanced by the 1910s. It is a reminder that these early baseball cards were advertising first and collectibles only later.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : relief with halftone, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Relief prints Color 1910-1920. |
| 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 | 3,800 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220591 |
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