Brown Backgrounds (T207) – 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.)
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This rare historic print captures Brown Backgrounds (T207) in remarkable 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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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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The name "Brown Backgrounds" was devised by Library staff to identify this card's color scheme, and it places the card within the T207 series that the American Tobacco Company issued as a cigarette card set. Tobacco makers packed cards like this one into cigarette packages to encourage repeat purchases, and collectors later gathered them into albums. The brown background was one of several color variants in the set. The record dates the print to 1912, and it comes from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division.
| 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 | 3,796 × 4,657 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220558 |
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