W.S. Kimball Champions (N184) – 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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This antique lithograph of W.S. Kimball Champions (N184) brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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W.S. Kimball Champions (N184)
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Among the baseball cards in the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, this 1888 chromolithograph is notable for its issuer, W.S. Kimball, a Rochester, New York, tobacco firm that packed printed cards into its cigarettes to encourage repeat purchases. The card belongs to the Kimball "Champions" series, catalogued by collectors as N184, and its bright color printing reflects the lithographic methods that made such inserts affordable and eye-catching in the late 1880s. The Library of Congress title was devised by staff, so the card carries a descriptive name rather than an original caption, a reminder of how many early baseball images survive mainly through their commercial packaging.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1880-1890.Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: W.S. Kimball Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,805 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220586 |
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