Cherub in heart-decorated hot air balloon greeting card – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
A window into the past: Cherub in heart-decorated hot air balloon greeting card, preserved in this historic image. 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. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Cherub in heart-decorated hot air balloon greeting card
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A cherub drifting above a heart-shaped balloon makes this card a playful take on Cupid, the winged figure who in classical myth shot arrows to kindle love. Hot air balloons were a popular novelty motif in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when ballooning had become a public spectacle, and printers applied that excitement to sentimental greetings. Cards like this were typically die-cut or chromolithographed and exchanged on February 14, when the custom of sending printed valentines had grown widely across America and Europe.
| Original scan | 606 × 992 px |
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| Reference | Img27 |
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