Trade Card for the Detroit League Base Ball Club, Sponsored by "Splendid" Plug Tobacco, P. & G. Lorillard, 1886
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In the late 1800s, tobacco companies, like P. Lorillard Company, promoted their brand by placing trade cards in packages of tobacco for customers to collect. This card features the 1886 Detroit League Base Ball Club. The National League team formed in 1881 and was named the Wolverines. The team would win the pennant in 1887 before disbanding after the 1888 season.
In the late 1800s, tobacco companies, like P. Lorillard Company, promoted their brand by placing trade cards in packages of tobacco for customers to collect. This card features the 1886 Detroit League Base Ball Club. The National League team formed in 1881 and was named the Wolverines. The team would win the pennant in 1887 before disbanding after the 1888 season.
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
1886
Subject Date
1886
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Advertiser: Detroit League Baseball Club, Detroit, Michigan. Sponsored by P. & G. Lorillard. Card printed by J. H. Bufford & Co. Photographs by Frank N. Tomlinson.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.7.4.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.5 in
Width: 4 in
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