Obak (T212) – 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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Obak (T212) comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Obak (T212)
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The Obak card, catalogued as T212, was issued by the American Tobacco Company in 1909 and tucked into cigarette packages. Its raised, embossed surface, called relief, sits over a color chromolithograph, so the image has both sheen and texture. Cards like this stiffened the packs and gave buyers something to collect, and collectors later adopted the T-number system to sort tobacco issues like this one. Today the set offers a window into how baseball was marketed in the early 1900s.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph with relief, color. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1900-1910.Chromolithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| 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 × 4,725 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220475 |
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