Gold Borders (T205) – 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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A window into the past: Gold Borders (T205), preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gold Borders (T205)
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Few cards from this period carry as much visual punch as this one, whose gold border frames the image and sets it apart from plainer tobacco-issue cards. The Library's staff gave it the title "Gold Borders" because the card itself has no name printed as a title. It belongs to the T205 series, issued in 1911 by the American Tobacco Company, which tucked such cards into its cigarette packages to encourage buying. Collectors today study these small cards for their player portraits, printing methods and the marketing habits of the era.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Photomechanical prints 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 | 3,742 × 4,653 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221682 |
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