Old Judge (N172) – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Old Judge (N172), preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Old Judge (N172)
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Old Judge is the title the Library gave this albumen print, a baseball card issued by Goodwin & Company, the New York tobacco firm that packed similar cards inside its Old Judge cigarettes. The N172 designation comes from the numbering system collectors later used to catalog tobacco-issued cards of this period. Cards like this were printed from photographs and mounted on stiff stock, and in the late 1880s they gave fans a rare chance to own a likeness of a professional ballplayer. The print belongs to the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, which holds many such cards from the era.
| Created / published | 1887-1890. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Baseball cards 1880-1890.Albumen prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,756 × 4,677 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221023 |
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