Contentnea Photo Series (T209) – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic print of Contentnea Photo Series (T209). Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Contentnea Photo Series (T209)
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Unlike many cards on this board, this one comes from the Contentnea Photo Series, cataloged as T209 by collectors and issued by the American Tobacco Company in 1910. Cigarette makers of that era tucked small cards into their packs to encourage repeat purchases, and this series is a good example of the photographic style the company used. The image is a halftone, a process that breaks a photograph into a pattern of tiny dots so it could be printed cheaply in large runs. The card later entered the Library of Congress as part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection of baseball cards.
| Created / published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 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 | 3,797 × 4,681 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220491 |
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