Vintage Valentine postcard with mailman and girl with umbrella – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Vintage Valentine postcard with mailman and girl with umbrella, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. 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 has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Vintage Valentine postcard with mailman and girl with umbrella
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A mailman carrying a bulging bag and a girl holding a parasol make up the scene on this vintage Valentine postcard, a pairing that was a favorite of the early twentieth century. Cards of this kind were mass-produced by American and European printers in the years around 1910 and 1920, when sending a small illustrated greeting was a cheap, everyday habit and the postal service delivered several times a day. The sentimental style, with its soft colors, rounded figures and playful humor, reflects how Valentines were marketed to ordinary households. Look at the lettering and border as well, since printers often used decorative type and embossed edges that help date a card.
| Original scan | 820 × 517 px |
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| Reference | Img154 |
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