Valentine Greetings card with children beside a large teacup – Vintage Print
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Description
A window into the past: Valentine Greetings card with children beside a large teacup, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Valentine Greetings card with children beside a large teacup
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Children posed beside an oversized teacup give this Valentine greeting card an unusual, whimsical twist on the usual cupid and heart imagery. Cards of this kind were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when mass-produced paper valentines let senders express affection cheaply and with a bit of humor. Oversized props and sentimental scenes of children were common motifs, and the teacup suggests an invitation to share tea, a friendly, domestic gesture tucked into a holiday otherwise dominated by romance. Its mix of sweetness and playful exaggeration is part of what makes it worth a closer look.
| Original scan | 830 × 533 px |
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| Reference | Img189 |
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