Cupid with hearts in bottle, Loving Greetings postcard – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage postcard of Cupid with hearts in bottle, Loving Greetings postcard. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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.
Cupid with hearts in bottle, Loving Greetings postcard
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Cupid tipping a bottle of hearts is an unusual twist on the usual winged-archer scene, and the bottle motif is what sets this card apart from the many valentines on the same board. Postcards like this one, marked "Loving Greetings," were mass-produced in the early twentieth century, when printers turned out enormous numbers of sentimental cards for holidays such as Valentine's Day. Senders often chose them as an inexpensive way to express affection, and the playful, slightly whimsical imagery reflects the taste of that era. Worth noticing are the bright chromolithographic colors and the decorative border, which were typical of the period's commercial card printing.
| Original scan | 511 × 809 px |
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| Reference | Img18 |
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