Brown Backgrounds (T207) – Antique 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. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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Unlike the portrait cards it sits beside, this one is identified by its color: the brown background that gives it the "Brown Backgrounds" title, a label the Library's staff devised for the T207 group. The American Tobacco Company issued the set in the years around 1910 and 1912, packing the small cards into cigarette packages as a come-on for buyers. Its many background colors, including brown, let collectors chase variations across hundreds of players. The card comes from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards, which preserves the tobacco-era trade cards that helped make the sport's stars familiar to the public.
| 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 | 3,816 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220536 |
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