From the Girls and Children series (N58) promoting Our Little Beauties Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products 1887

"From the Girls and Children series (N58)" is a trade card from 1887 advertising "Our Little Beauties" cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products. The card depicts a young woman doing laundry, a common domestic task associated with women in the 19th century. The image, characteristic of the Victorian era, uses vibrant colors and a detailed, realistic style to portray the woman and her surroundings, making it an intriguing example of advertising from that time period. This trade card, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a compelling artifact of 19th-century commercial culture and social norms.