Sailboat, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 4) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889

This trade card from 1889 was issued by the Kinney Bros. Tobacco Company to promote their products. The card features a simple illustration of a sailboat, the sail acting as a frame for a portrait of a young boy wearing a sailor's cap. This is one of a series of cards produced by the company, and its diminutive size was likely intended for insertion into tobacco tins. The image is rendered in a simple, naive style, characteristic of the popular printed illustrations of the era. The use of vibrant colors, the playful image, and the inclusion of a child as a subject would have likely been a successful marketing strategy to appeal to a broad audience.