Object types
trade-card (scope note | all objects)
print (scope note | all objects)
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
photomechanical print (scope note | all objects)
Date
1909
Description
Cigarette card of Honus Wagner; half-length in grey shirt with blue collar, 'Pittsburg' in red capitals on his shirt.
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Lettered underneath the image, 'Wagner Pittsburg'
Dimensions
Height: 65 millimetres
Width: 38 millimetres
Curator's comments
The card was produced by the American Tobacco Company in 1909, as part of a series, T206, that included more than 500 different baseball-players cards. T206 tobacco cards are among the most widely-collected in the world. Wagner's card is particularly sought after because its production was stopped in 1909, and it has been estimated that fewer than 100 survive today. It is thought that Wagner, a non-smoker, did not want to influence the young into buying tobacco and therefore requested that the production of his card should cease. It it is also possible, however, that he asked for payment by the tobacco company for the use of his image, which caused the company to halt the production of his card.
Subject
advertising (all objects)
Associated names
Representation of Wagner, Honus (biographical details | all objects)
Acquisition date
2006
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by E C Wharton-Tigar (biographical details | all objects)
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