To my Valentine postcard with cherubs and doves – Vintage Print
(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 To my Valentine postcard with cherubs and doves in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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To my Valentine postcard with cherubs and doves
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Cherubs and doves are the stars of this card, a motif that Valentine postcards leaned on heavily in the early twentieth century, when printed greetings became a cheap and popular way to send affection by mail. Cupid's winged figures and paired birds symbolized love, devotion and courtship, drawing on centuries of European art and sentimental verse. Cards like this one were often chromolithographed in bright colors and sold in large numbers, so they reflect both romantic convention and the growth of mass-produced ephemera. Look closely at the ornamental borders and lettering, which show how designers balanced sweetness with the decorative styles of their day.
| Original scan | 806 × 520 px |
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| Reference | Img177 |
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