Domino Discs (PX7) – Historic 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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Domino Discs (PX7) in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Domino Discs (PX7)
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The Library's record gives this card the title "Domino Discs," a name devised by staff rather than printed on the card itself, which sets it apart from the many tobacco-issued baseball cards on the board. The American Tobacco Company issued it between about 1909 and 1912, when the company packed cards into its tobacco products to encourage repeat purchases. Its halftone process let printers reproduce photographs cheaply in large runs, which is why these small portraits of players were so widely distributed. The card is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, a group of baseball cards whose survival today reflects how often collectors saved them.
| Created / published | 1909-1912. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1900-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1900-1920. |
| 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 | 3,821 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220505 |
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