Michael "Silent Mike" Joseph Tiernan, Right Field, New York, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1887

This black and white photograph, created by Goodwin & Company in 1887, is a baseball card from the Old Judge series depicting Michael "Silent Mike" Joseph Tiernan, right fielder for the New York Giants. The card shows Tiernan in a baseball uniform, standing on a field, with his right arm outstretched. The image, originally printed on a small card for Old Judge Cigarettes, is currently part of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This card, typical of its time, is a valuable artifact of 19th-century baseball and American popular culture.