Allen & Ginter World's Champions (N29) – 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.)
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Allen & Ginter World's Champions (N29)
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The card belongs to Allen & Ginter's World's Champions series, catalogued as N29, a set of color chromolithographs issued in 1888. The Richmond, Virginia tobacco firm packed cards like this into its cigarettes to encourage repeat purchases, and the series covered champions from many fields of sport and contest. The baseball label was devised by Library of Congress staff, so the card is best understood as part of that wider set. Chromolithography layered several colored inks over one another, giving the image its bright, saturated finish.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1880-1890.Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890.Albumen prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Allen & Ginter Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,806 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220492 |
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