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Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing 8 fgures from all over the world surrounding a washing tub. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin Robert B... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a sailor hanging in the rigging of a ship. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin Robert Brown designed tra... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a child taking a bath in a large blue barrel. Margin trimmed. Small portion of the verso text rubbed off. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at th... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a sailor in the mast of a ship holding a "soapine" banner. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a man following a woman along train tracks with the Soapine train coming up upon him. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilm... more information

Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in). Shows two women holding a valentine and Cupid holding a box of soap. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin Robert Brown design... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a magician touching the hand of a woman, with "soapine" spelled out by the stars. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty,... more information

Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in). Shows a returning sailor with a companion carrying a soap box. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin Robert Brown designed tra... more information

Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in). The scarcest of the Gilman cards. MacDonnell notes: "To produce this set of cards, she drew upon keen knowledge of the symbolic "language of flowers," a familiarity with religious iconography, well-known images from popular culture, emblems of female sexuality, and a knowledge of old master artistry... She blended all of these themes and motifs into a set of six cards consisting of two parallel three card set... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a man in a stock made of a soapine box. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin Robert Brown designed trade ... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a man astride a telephone pole with swooping birds spelling out "Soapine." Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilma... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing three children playing telephone with Soapine and French Laundry soap boxes. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and he... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a woman holding a giant duster in front of a fireplace mantle on which are objects that spell out "Soapine." Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, i... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a woman with a long braid looking at the clouds and setting sun over a mountain range. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back" p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilm... more information

Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in). The scarcest of the Gilman cards. MacDonnell notes: "To produce this set of cards, she drew upon keen knowledge of the symbolic "language of flowers," a familiarity with religious iconography, well-known images from popular culture, emblems of female sexuality, and a knowledge of old master artistry... She blended all of these themes and motifs into a set of six cards consisting of two parallel three card se... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a French maid washing laundry on a rock. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin Robert Brown designed trade... more information

Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in). The scarcest of the Gilman cards. MacDonnell notes: "To produce this set of cards, she drew upon keen knowledge of the symbolic "language of flowers," a familiarity with religious iconography, well-known images from popular culture, emblems of female sexuality, and a knowledge of old master artistry... She blended all of these themes and motifs into a set of six cards consisting of two parallel three card se... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a man climbing up a rope attached to a star. Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, at the age of twenty, Gilman and her cousin Robert Brown designed t... more information

Providence (RI): Kendall Mfg. Co., ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in) showing a woman bending over a basket of laundry while the clothes on the line above her spell out "Soapine." Gilman's first published work. Lane, "To Herland and Back," p. 63; Gilman, "The Living", p. 47; MacDonnell, Kevin. "Cards by Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in Trade Card Collections Assoc., Fall, 2001. Rare. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design, in 1880, ... more information

Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Single chromolithographed card (3 x 4-1/2 in). The scarcest of the Gilman cards. MacDonnell notes: "To produce this set of cards, she drew upon keen knowledge of the symbolic "language of flowers," a familiarity with religious iconography, well-known images from popular culture, emblems of female sexuality, and a knowledge of old master artistry... She blended all of these themes and motifs into a set of six cards consisting of two parallel three card se... more information