La Porte, New York, 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
63.350.246.206.122
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the early 20th-century world of baseball fever with *La Porte, New York American League*, a vibrant trading card from the iconic T White Border series produced by American Tobacco Company between 1909 and 1911. This petite commercial color lithograph (just 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 inches) features a portrait of Charles "Charlie" La Porte, a skilled shortstop for the New Highlanders (precursors the Yankees) in the American League. on thin cardstock, it captures the athletic poise and intensity of the era's stars, with La Porte's determined gaze and uniformed stance evoking the raw energy of Ame...
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...