Cupid in airship basket with Valentine verse – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Cupid in airship basket with Valentine verse, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Cupid in airship basket with Valentine verse
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Cupid rides in the basket of an airship on this Valentine, a pairing of romance and early flight that would have looked fresh to the people who first sent cards like it. Airships were a novelty in the early 1900s, and printers often used them as eye-catching motifs in greeting cards, where a sentimental verse could sit beside a bit of up-to-date spectacle. Valentines of this kind were mailed in large numbers around February 14, and the combination of a winged cupid with a modern machine shows how the holiday borrowed images from current events. Look closely at the verse and the lettering to see how the card's maker balanced sweetness with novelty.
| Original scan | 971 × 618 px |
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| Reference | Img80 |
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