Valentine Greeting card with couple in a heart – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Valentine Greeting card with couple in a heart, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Valentine Greeting card with couple in a heart
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A sentimental Valentine's card set a pair of figures inside a large red heart, a design that belongs to the boom in mass-produced greeting cards that took hold in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Printers at the time turned out embossed and chromolithographed cards in bright inks, and the heart, a shorthand for romantic love, was among the most common motifs. Cards like this were often exchanged in school classrooms and between sweethearts, so they show how Valentine's Day moved from handwritten notes to a commercial custom. Look closely at the lettering and the decorative border, which reveal much about the printing methods of the period.
| Original scan | 810 × 518 px |
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| Reference | Img166 |
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