The wick fancy hat bands. Cheer up - show your colors – 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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This rare vintage poster captures The wick fancy hat bands. Cheer up - show your colors in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The wick fancy hat bands. Cheer up - show your colors
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This chromolithograph poster sells a product rather than a ballgame: Wick fancy hat bands, pitched under the slogan "Cheer up - show your colors." Printed around 1910, when color lithography had become a common method for large-scale advertising, it reflects a time when American ballpark crowds displayed team loyalty through ribbons, pennants and hat decorations. The poster ties that habit to the spectator's own appearance, suggesting that a fan's hat could announce his allegiance from the stands. Its bright inks make it a useful example of how sport and consumer goods were marketed together in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1910.Posters American 1910.Chromolithographs Color 1910. |
| Notes | Title from item. Promotional goal: U.S. C59. 1910. |
| Subjects | Hats--1910. Sports spectators--United States--1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,307 × 649 px · prints to 4 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217047 |
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