Thomas "Tom" Tarlton Brown, Center Field, Pittsburgh, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1887

This 1887 "Old Judge" baseball card features Thomas "Tom" Tarlton Brown, center fielder for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, a team that would later become the Pittsburgh Pirates. The card is a prime example of the popular collectible trading cards that were given away with cigarettes in the late 19th century. This particular card is a chromolithograph, a type of printing process using multiple printing plates that gave the image a more lifelike quality. It is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.