Brown Backgrounds (T207) – Antique 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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Brown Backgrounds (T207) comes to life in this historic print, 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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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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The brown backgrounds in this card give the T207 series its nickname, a label the Library's staff devised, since the cards themselves carried no such title. The American Tobacco Company issued the set in 1912, packing the cards into cigarette packages as a come-on for buyers. Printed by relief halftone in color, the card shows how tobacco makers used collectible pictures to build loyalty in the early 1910s. Cards like this one from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection now serve as a record of how the game and its players were presented to the public before radio and newsreels.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : relief with halftone, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910-1920.Relief prints 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 | 3,815 × 4,735 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220578 |
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