Collins, Philadelphia, American League, from the White Border series (T206) for the American Tobacco Company
1909–11
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in. (6.7 x 3.7 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Accession Number
63.350.246.206.133
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the golden age of baseball with this vibrant trading card from the legendary T206 White Border series produced by the American Tobacco between 1909 and1911. Titled *Collins, Philadelphia, American*, it features Hall of Fame second baseman Eddie Collins, a star player for the Philadelphia Athletics. At just 2⅝ × 1⅞ inches, this pocket-sized portrait captures Collins in his prime, embodying the era's athletic heroes amid the sport's explosive popularity in early 20th-century America. Printed as a commercial color lithograph—using chromolithography, a pioneering technique for affordabl...
About the Artist
American Tobacco Company
**American Tobacco Company (1890–1911)** Founded on January 31, 1890, in Durham, North Carolina, by James Buchanan Duke, the American Tobacco Company emerged from the consolidation of five major U.S. tobacco manufacturers: W. Duke & Sons, Allen & Ginter, Goodwin & Company, W.S. Kimball & Co., and Kinney Brothers. Under Duke's aggressive leadership, it rapidly achieved monopoly status, controlling...