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Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection at the Library of Congress
Series N162: Goodwin Champions (Goodwin & Company, 1888)
Note: the N162 series contains 50 cards depicting athletes from a variety of sports, including eight baseball players.

King Kelly – catcher, Boston Beaneaters, National League
Call number: LOT 13163-08, no. 1; Digital ID: bbc 0554f

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Edges: skewed to set vertical/horizontal
Borders: Desaturated (-60), lightened (+20), contrast enhanced (+10), cropped (10px border)
Card: Contrast enhanced (+5), blemish under moustache manually repaired
Image downsampled nonproportional to 2500x1400px, 100ppi
Converted to jpg at 8/10, 5 progressive scans