Valentine postcard: cupid, red heart, forget-me-nots, "To my Valentine – Antique Wall Art
(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: Valentine postcard: cupid, red heart, forget-me-nots, "To my Valentine, preserved in this vintage postcard. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Valentine postcard: cupid, red heart, forget-me-nots, "To my Valentine
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Cupid, a red heart, and a spray of forget-me-nots share the front of this Valentine postcard, with its sentiment "To my Valentine" set in the open space. Valentine postcards like this one were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when inexpensive printed cards let people send affection by mail, often with a short verse or a few words written by hand. The forget-me-not was a common emblem of remembrance in Victorian sentiment, so pairing it with Cupid and a heart gave the card a gentle, lasting message. Look for the chromolithographed colors and decorative border, which show the printing methods of the era.
| Original scan | 820 × 530 px |
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| Reference | Img138 |
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