Cupid in a Flower Airship Valentine Postcard – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Cupid in a Flower Airship Valentine Postcard comes to life in this vintage postcard, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Cupid in a Flower Airship Valentine Postcard
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Cupid rides in a basket-slung airship built from a flower, a whimsical fantasy image that sets this card apart from the usual hearts and arrows of its day. Valentine postcards like this one were mass-produced in the early twentieth century, when the picture postcard was the cheapest way to send a sentiment and when new technologies such as airships and automobiles captured the public imagination. Designers often mixed romance with the wonder of flight, so a winged boy floating over blossoms reflected both the sweetness of courtship and the excitement of modern invention. Such cards were usually sent with a short handwritten message, and many survive today as small snapshots of popular taste.
| Original scan | 971 × 618 px |
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| Reference | Img80 |
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