Valentine card with red roses, couple, "A Message of Love – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Valentine card with red roses, couple, "A Message of Love comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Valentine card with red roses, couple, "A Message of Love
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Valentine cards with embossed red roses and a courting couple, like this one with the printed line "A Message of Love," belong to the boom in mass-produced greeting cards that began in the late 1800s. Printers of the era used chromolithography and die-cut paper to make sentimental images affordable, and sending a card on February 14 became a common way to express affection without speaking it aloud. Cards like this one show how Victorian and Edwardian ideas of romance, with flowers as a coded language and idealized courtship scenes, were packaged for everyday people.
| Original scan | 511 × 816 px |
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| Reference | Img10 |
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