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Yum Yum Tobacco (N403) – Antique Wall Art

Yum Yum Tobacco (N403), 1888 — historic photograph
Yum Yum Tobacco (N403), 1888. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Issued under the Yum Yum tobacco name by August Beck & Company, this 1888 card is an albumen print, a photographic process that used egg white and was widely used in the 1880s. Tobacco firms of the period often inserted cards like this into their packages to stiffen the packing and encourage repeat buying, and collectors later valued them as early records of ballplayers and teams. The Library's title, "Yum Yum Tobacco (N403)," was devised by its own staff, so the card's original caption is not recorded here. The card now belongs to the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards in the Prints and Photographs Division.

Created / published1888
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreBaseball cards 1880-1890.Albumen prints 1880-1890.
NotesBaseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: August Beck & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,192 × 5,131 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-199621

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