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- Circa - 1945
- Advertiser - Pittsburgh Pirates
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- Size - 3.75" x 8"
- Price Guide - $30.00- $50.00 (VG-EX)
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Often included with advertisements,
ink blotters, like trade cards, were a
good way to attract potential
customers. Most collectors consider ink
blotters as a type of a trade card like
this one issued by Blue Valley Butter
in 1934. Ink blotters were popular in
the days of fountain pens. They are
typically thicker than your standard
trade card as they were used to help
wipe the excess ink from the tips of
the pen.
Because people kept them on their desks, the advertiser’s message would
always be in front of them, and
generate way more advertising
‘impressions’ than many of the
conventional trade cards. Baseball
Schedules were a popular and commonly
used, like this 1945 Pittsburgh
Pirates, Forbes Field Home Schedule,
ink blotter.
Rip Swell in a pitching pose is featured on the left, above a list of
Pittsburgh Pirate World and National
League Championships. Separated by the
1945 home schedule, on the right is
Babe Dahlgren, remembered for replacing
Lou Gehrig in the lineup on May 2,
1939, which ended Gehrig's 14-year,
2,130 consecutive game streak. Below
Dahlgren batting in an after-swing
pose, is
a key for night games, double
headers, and holidays for the
schedule.
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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Forbes
Field Home Schedule Ink Blotter |
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Ink Blotter Back |
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