2nd Base, from the Girl Baseball Players series (N48, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1886 - 1888

This photograph is from the *Girl Baseball Players* series, produced by Allen & Ginter between 1886 and 1888, as a promotional item for Virginia Brights Cigarettes. This card is *N48 Type 2* and features the player at "2nd Base" in a baseball pose. The image is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York, NY. The card features a black and white image of a woman wearing a baseball uniform, posing with a bat, and capturing the popular late 19th-century craze of women’s baseball.