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White Borders (T206) – Vintage Wall Art

White Borders (T206), 1909-1911. — historic print
White Borders (T206), 1909-1911.. Historic print from the Baseball collection.

(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

Few images capture their era like this historic print of White Borders (T206). It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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White Borders (T206)

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What sets this card apart is its white border, the most common of the frames in the American Tobacco Company's T206 series, issued from 1909 through 1911. The cards were packed inside cigarettes, so each one came as a small bonus, and many were saved and traded by collectors. Printed in relief with halftone and color, the small portraits document the players and uniforms of the era's major league teams. The set includes hundreds of cards, among them the Honus Wagner card, now one of the most valuable cards ever printed.

Created / published1909-1911.
Medium1 print : relief with halftone, color.
GenreBaseball cards 1900-1920.Relief prints Color 1900-1920.
NotesBaseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,820 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220574

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