Turkey Red Cabinets (T3) – 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
A window into the past: Turkey Red Cabinets (T3), preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Turkey Red Cabinets (T3)
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Unlike the small pocket-size cards many collectors picture, this 1911 Turkey Red cabinet is a larger chromolithograph, printed from several color stones and finished by hand. The series takes its name from the deep red of its backgrounds, a tone associated with Turkey red dye, and the American Tobacco Company included such cards with its cigarettes to promote its brands and win repeat buyers. Chromolithography was then one of the most advanced ways to reproduce color illustrations in quantity, and the hand-coloring gives each example individual touches worth studying up close. The card is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph with hand-color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Chromolithographs 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 | 3,816 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220541 |
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