Love Holds the Reins – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare stereograph captures Love Holds the Reins in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Love Holds the Reins
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Catalogued as VAL-16 within the Applewood Valentine's Day group, this piece belongs to a small family of holiday images that share a theme but differ in their details. The record does not preserve much about its origin, so its story is best read against the wider tradition. Printed valentines became common in the United States and Britain during the nineteenth century, and the picture postcard boom of about 1900 to 1915 brought sentimental heart, cupid, and floral motifs into millions of ordinary households. Looking closely at the imagery and lettering shows how such designs were meant to be sent, kept, and displayed.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | stereo |
| Notes | E.W. Kelley |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,662 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | VAL-16 |
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