Valentine postcard with violets and verse "To My Valentine – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage postcard captures Valentine postcard with violets and verse "To My Valentine in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Valentine postcard with violets and verse "To My Valentine
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A pressed-looking bouquet of violets sits across the front of this card, with a rhyming verse printed beneath the words "To My Valentine." Floral Valentines like this one were a staple of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when mass-produced cards, often lithographed on heavy stock, made it cheap to send a sentiment by mail. Violets carried a long-standing meaning of modesty and faithful affection, so they suited a card meant to speak for a shy or tender admirer. The record gives no maker or exact date, but the design fits the sentimental style that dominated the Valentine trade of that era.
| Original scan | 823 × 515 px |
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| Reference | Img89 |
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