Ramly Cigarettes (T204) – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Ramly Cigarettes (T204), preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ramly Cigarettes (T204)
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This 1909 card is one of the Ramly Cigarettes issues from the T204 series, printed by the American Tobacco Company. Its halftone photograph is paired with a stenciled border and lettering, a combination typical of the period's tobacco cards. Companies slipped cards like this into cigarette packs to stiffen the packaging and encourage repeat purchases, and the practice made baseball players familiar to millions of ordinary smokers. The card belongs to the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, which preserves many of these early cards as a record of both the sport and the advertising methods of the time.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halfton and stencil. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 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 | 3,826 × 4,633 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220465 |
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