Jefferson Burdick
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Jefferson R. Burdick was a trading
and baseball card
collector and cataloguer. He cataloged trading and baseball cards in The American Card Catalog
, otherwise known as the ACC, which is still used today by collectors and dealers. The famed T206
baseball card set received its popularized name from the set's designation in the ACC. Many other baseball card sets are popularly known by their ACC designation, including: T206, E93, M116 and R313.
Burdick's collection is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York
. A small part of his collection is on display at the museum on the first floor of the American Wing.
Trading card
A trading card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing and a short description of the picture, along with other text...
and baseball card
Baseball card
A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on some type of paper stock or card stock. A card will usually feature one or more baseball players or other baseball-related sports figures...
collector and cataloguer. He cataloged trading and baseball cards in The American Card Catalog
The American Card Catalog
The American Card Catalog is a reference book for American trade cards produced before 1951, compiled by Jefferson Burdick.It has become the de facto method in identifying and organizing trade cards produced in the Americas pre-1951. The book catalogues sports and non-sports cards, but is best...
, otherwise known as the ACC, which is still used today by collectors and dealers. The famed T206
T206
The tobacco card set known as T206 was issued from 1909 to 1911 in cigarette and loose tobacco packs through 16 different brands owned by the American Tobacco Company...
baseball card set received its popularized name from the set's designation in the ACC. Many other baseball card sets are popularly known by their ACC designation, including: T206, E93, M116 and R313.
Burdick's collection is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
in New York
New York City
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. A small part of his collection is on display at the museum on the first floor of the American Wing.