Allen & Ginter World's Champions (N29) – 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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Allen & Ginter World's Champions (N29) comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Allen & Ginter World's Champions (N29)
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The caption "Getzin" identifies the player on this 1888 card, one of the sporting cards that the Allen & Ginter Company of Richmond, Virginia, packed with its cigarettes to encourage repeat purchases. The World's Champions set, catalogued as N29, honored champions across many sports and games, not baseball alone. Its chromolithographs were built from several inked stones, one for each color, which gave the cards their bright finish. This example survives in the Library of Congress as part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards.
| 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: Allen & Ginter Company. Getzin"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,802 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220493 |
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