Brown Backgrounds (T207) – Antique 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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Brown Backgrounds (T207) comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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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Set apart by its brown background, this T207 card gives the "Brown Backgrounds" title its name, a label the Library's staff devised to distinguish it from other color variants in the series. The American Tobacco Company issued the cards in 1912, packing them into cigarette packages as collectibles, a common promotional practice of the period. Printed in color using relief halftone, the card shows how commercial image reproduction was improving in the 1910s. It is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards in the 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 | 3,810 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220590 |
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