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

This chromolithograph card, part of the "From the Girls and Children series," was created in 1887 by Allen & Ginter to promote their "Our Little Beauties" brand of cigarettes. The card features a young girl dressed in a bee-themed outfit, playfully holding a stick with a feather on the end. The card, measuring 2 5/8 × 1 1/2 in., is a prime example of the marketing strategies used by tobacco companies in the late 19th century, often employing imagery of children to attract customers. Today, the card resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, serving as a historical reminder of the evolution of tobacco advertising and the changing perceptions of child imagery in commercial art.