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The schematic traces each panel and stitch line with the patience of a man who knew the pigskin's shape was about to change the game itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Source\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBella Frye sources sports artifacts from American archives — the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for inventor's drawings, and from the great American tobacco-card and broadside traditions for vintage memorabilia: Allen \u0026amp; Ginter, T206, Cracker Jack, Boston Garter, the Negro League broadsides, and the early press photographs that documented baseball, football, golf, and the rest of the American sporting century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMaterials \u0026amp; Finish\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order in our Pacific Northwest studio on premium 380gsm cotton canvas with archival pigment inks. 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