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

Publisher Issued by Allen & Ginter American

1887

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Trade cards from the "Girls and Children" series (N58), issued in 1887 to promote Our Little Beauties Cigarettes distributed by Allen & Ginter. The series was printed with two types of backs, one bearing the address of Allen & Ginter in Virginia and the other with the address of a London depot.

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Title: From the Girls and Children series (N58) promoting Our Little Beauties Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products
Publisher: Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Date: 1887
Medium: Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (6.7 × 3.8 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: 63.350.202.58.22
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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