B. F. Medbery & Co., Tub Soap

Advertisement for B. F. Medbery & Co., Tub Soap. One of numerous cards for in the collection this business, this card is part of what Kevin Mac Donnell calls "Gilman's Three Ages of Women." The entire series was designed by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and depicts the development of a religious and a materialistic child. Five cards from the series are in the collection. For more information on this series, see Mac Donnell, Kevin. "Trade Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. THE ADVERTISING TRADE CARD QUARTERLY: THE JOURNAL OF THE TRADE CARD COLLECTOR'S ASSOCIATION. 8.3 (Fall 2001): 18-25, 28.