Earle Harry Decker played 16 games for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1889 and 1890. Decker has five different poses in the N172 set. This example depicts the Philadelphia catcher holding a bat horizontally at the plate as he waits for a pitch to come.

Some Old Judge cards from 1889 and 1890 have a pink hue to the front of the card, as does this example. It was around this time when photographers invented a way to add colored dye to the albumen photographic process. The color pink was the most commonly used since chemically it worked best. However, often times, this additional chemical changed the development process and immediately left the images faded and looking underdeveloped. Some collectors consider these pink (or purple, or brownish pink) examples to be different variants of the card. Notice that the back of the card is the normal color that the rest of the set appears to be, it is only the front which is dyed.

When it comes to the image itself, this one is faded, as is normally the case with pink toned Old Judges. The centering is great, with a couple softer corners. There is some edge chipping present, made to be slightly more noticeable with the pink background as opposed to the cream/beige of the normal cardboard versions. Some smudges in the center of the text near the bottom, as well as a couple stains on the right edge keep this card from attaining a higher grade.