Brown Backgrounds (T207) – 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.)
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A window into the past: Brown Backgrounds (T207), preserved in this historic print. 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" name is a collector's label, not one printed on the card. It refers to the brown-toned backdrop of this T207 card, one of a series the American Tobacco Company packed with its cigarettes around 1912. Players were pictured in small, color-tinted portraits on a thin card stock, and the tobacco makers used them to build brand loyalty among fans. This example is part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards, which the Library of Congress holds in its Prints and Photographs Division.
| 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 | 3,752 × 4,686 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220565 |
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