Baseball cards took an abrupt turn for the drab when the bright and gilded T205 cards of 1911 gave way to the macabre and Rembrandtesque 1912 successor known as T207. Perhaps there was a sale on brown ink somewhere,...

Baseball cards took an abrupt turn for the drab when the bright and gilded T205 cards of 1911 gave way to the macabre and Rembrandtesque 1912 successor known as T207. Perhaps there was a sale on brown ink somewhere, but I like to think the almost haunted backgrounds of T207 were an early form of … Continue reading "Cardboard Crosswalk: Descent into Darkness"

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