Turkey Red Cabinets (T3) – 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.)
Description
Turkey Red Cabinets (T3) comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Turkey Red Cabinets (T3)
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Its larger cabinet format and deep red ground set this card apart from the smaller cigarette inserts of the period, and the name "Turkey Red" refers to that striking color. The American Tobacco Company issued the set in 1911 to promote its tobacco products, and each card pairs a player portrait with a colorful lithographed border. Chromolithography allowed the printers to build rich color in layers, and the hand-coloring added in finishing gives each impression its own warmth. The card is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards at the Library of Congress, where it documents early advertising and the baseball culture of the 1910s.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph with hand-color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Chromolithographs 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 | 3,802 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220485 |
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