Goodwin & Company Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Goodwin & Company was an American tobacco manufacturer from New York City. Initially E. Goodwin and Brother, the company was founded before the American Civil War. It was known for its cigarette brands "Gypsy Queen" and "Old Judge". In 1890, the company was merged, along with four others, into James Buchanan Duke's American Tobacco Company to create an American monopoly on tobacco product manufacturing and retail. Charles Goodwin Emery (died 1915), who had the principal interest in Goodwin & Company, became Treasurer of the American Tobacco Company.  Emery built a showplace "castle" known as Calumet Castle at the Thousand Islands (Clayton, New York) and was principal investor in the grand New Hotel Frontenac nearby.The company's tobacco trading cards, depicting baseball players, other athletes, and a variety of social scenes and portraits are collectibles. In 1887, Goodwin & Co. were among the first to issue trading cards to promote their brands, first using sepia-toned photographic albumen prints, and later chromolithographic reproductions of multi-colored etchings. In 2011, Upper Deck Company reactivated the Goodwin Champions line, primarily to compete with Topps' revival of the Allen & Ginter brand. Similar to the original Goodwin Champions set, the revived line primarily features athletes from various American sports. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin_%26_Company

Barney Gilligan, Catcher, Detroit, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes

   title: Barney Gilligan, Catcher, Detroit, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

Jim Devlin, Pitcher, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes

   title: Jim Devlin, Pitcher, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

Charles Comiskey, 1st Base, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes

   title: Charles Comiskey, 1st Base, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

Hardy Richardson, Left Field, Detroit, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes

   title: Hardy Richardson, Left Field, Detroit, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

Jack Boyle, Catcher, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes

   title: Jack Boyle, Catcher, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

Ice Box Chamberlain, Pitcher, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes

   title: Ice Box Chamberlain, Pitcher, St. Louis Browns, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

Charlie Getzein, Pitcher, Detroit, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes

   title: Charlie Getzein, Pitcher, Detroit, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1963

Hanton, Center Field, Detroit, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes