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

This trade card from 1887, created by Allen & Ginter, is a colorful and striking example of advertising from the late 19th century. The card features a young woman, depicted in a stylized manner, holding a cigarette and exhaling a plume of smoke. The use of bright colors and exaggerated features were common in trade cards of this period and served to attract attention. The text, "Our Little Beauties," promotes Allen & Ginter's "Our Little Beauties" cigarettes, a brand of tobacco products. The card's design reflects the era's prevailing attitudes toward smoking and gender roles, and it is a fascinating artifact of American social history.