Sepia postcard of a couple with German love verse – Vintage 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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This vintage postcard of Sepia postcard of a couple with German love verse brings a moment of history to your wall. 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.
Sepia postcard of a couple with German love verse
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A sepia postcard of a couple, with a German love verse printed beneath the portrait, gives this one a sentimental twist that sets it apart from plainer studio portraits on the Victorian Couples board. Cards of this kind were sent through the mail in the decades around 1900, when postcards were a cheap, quick way to share a sentiment, and Valentine's Day was a popular occasion for exchanging them. The verse, written in German, points to a sender and recipient with ties to German-speaking communities, a reminder of how much German immigrant culture shaped American card-making and photography. Look closely at the pose and clothing, which reflect the formal conventions of studio portraiture of the era.
| Original scan | 516 × 838 px |
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| Reference | Img112 |
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