From the Girls and Children series (N64) promoting Virginia Brights Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products 1886

This trade card from 1886, part of the "From the Girls and Children series," promotes "Virginia Brights Cigarettes" for Allen & Ginter, a well-known tobacco company. The card features a charming image of a young girl in a white apron, her hand resting on a pail, while another child, partially obscured, looks on. This card, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reflects the common use of sentimental imagery in advertising during the late 19th century, associating products with innocence and domesticity.