The Birth of Baseball Cards
In short: Explore how baseball cards evolved from tobacco stiffeners in the 1880s into a multi-billion dollar hobby shaped by marketing, legal battles, and the pursuit of perfection.
A 1:36 short film in the series “The Collector's Mind”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick - The Metropolitan Museum of Art”; Duke University Library, “Preview of the W. Duke, Sons & Co. Digital Collection”; The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society (University of Alabama), “Baseball Cards – The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society”; The Atlantic, “A Cultural History of the Baseball Card”; History.com, “9 of the Most Valuable Baseball Cards in History | HISTORY”; University of Maryland Department of Economics, “Microsoft Word - JKL-EI-final.doc”; SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee, “Death and Taxes and Baseball Card Litigation [Part I]”.
Sources used in this film
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick - The Metropolitan Museum of Art · View →
- Duke University Library — Preview of the W. Duke, Sons & Co. Digital Collection · View →
- The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society (University of Alabama) — Baseball Cards – The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society · View →
- The Atlantic — A Cultural History of the Baseball Card · View →
- History.com — 9 of the Most Valuable Baseball Cards in History | HISTORY · View →
- University of Maryland Department of Economics — Microsoft Word - JKL-EI-final.doc · View →
- SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee — Death and Taxes and Baseball Card Litigation [Part I] · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Also: Duke University Library: Preview of the W. Duke, Sons & Co. Digital Collection
- Also: The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society: Baseball Cards – The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
- Also: The Atlantic: A Cultural History of the Baseball Card
- Also: HISTORY: 9 of the Most Valuable Baseball Cards in History | HISTORY
- Also: University of Maryland Department of Economics: Microsoft Word - JKL-EI-final.doc
- Also: SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee: Death and Taxes and Baseball Card Litigation [Part I]
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