Stone, St. Louis, American League, from the White Border series (T206) for the American Tobacco Company
1909–11
Medium
Commercial 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
63.350.246.206.168
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the early 20th-century world of America's pastime with this charming lithographed baseball card from the renowned T206 White Border series, produced by the American Tobacco Company between 9 and 1911. Titled *Stone, St. Louis, American League*, it features portrait of George Stone, a star outfielder for the St. Louis Browns, capturing his determined gaze and athletic poise. Measuring just 2⅝ × 1⅞ inches, this pocket-sized ephemera was designed for insertion into cigarette packs, blending sports heroism with tobacco promotion during baseball's golden age of popularity. Printed via co...
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...