Historical Portrait

[Ira Thomas, Philadelphia Athletics, 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 portrait was produced by the American Tobacco Company in 1911. It depicts Ira Thomas in a Philadelphia Athletics uniform.

The card was printed using chromolithography and finished with hand-coloring, a common production method for tobacco company baseball cards of this era. These cards were typically inserted into cigarette packages as promotional items.

No further information about Ira Thomas, his career with the Athletics, or the specific circumstances of this portrait's creation is available in the archive record.

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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