Brown Backgrounds (T207) – Vintage 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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Brown Backgrounds (T207) comes to life in this historic print, 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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Brown Backgrounds (T207)
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What sets this card apart is its brown background, the color scheme that gives the T207 series its popular name. The American Tobacco Company issued it as a collectible insert in cigarette packages, a marketing tactic that turned ballplayers' portraits into something buyers would hunt for and trade. Printed in color with a relief halftone process, the card shows the commercial printing of the 1910s, when tobacco cards were among the most widespread images of baseball stars. The Library of Congress holds it as part of the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, which preserves these pocket-sized records of the sport's early era.
| 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 | 3,781 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220553 |
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