Henry Gruber, Pitcher, Cleveland, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1889

"Henry Gruber, Pitcher, Cleveland," is a black and white photograph from the *Old Judge* series of baseball cards, created by Goodwin & Company in 1889. The card features a portrait of Henry Gruber, a pitcher for the Cleveland baseball team, holding a bat. It was part of a larger set of cards produced to promote Old Judge Cigarettes and is a prime example of early baseball card collecting. The image is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.