Historical Portrait

[Boss Schmidt, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

1911·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain

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1 print : chromolithograph with hand-color.

About this photograph

This chromolithograph baseball card shows Boss Schmidt of the Detroit Tigers. It was produced by the American Tobacco Company in 1911, part of the era when tobacco companies included such cards in their cigarette packages.

The card combined chromolithographic printing with hand-coloring to create the portrait.

Beyond these basic facts recorded in the archive, nothing further is documented about Schmidt's career with the Tigers, the circumstances of this portrait, or the specific tobacco card series to which it belonged.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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Tobacco Baseball Cards

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Credit: Library of Congress

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