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The apparatus is patient where a holder's finger would flinch, drawn with the quiet conviction of a man who'd watched too many practice snaps go sideways.\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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