Valentine postcard: winged cupid soldier with rifle, hearts and envelopes – Historic Reproduction
(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 Valentine postcard: winged cupid soldier with rifle, hearts and envelopes, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. 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.
Valentine postcard: winged cupid soldier with rifle, hearts and envelopes
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Cupid here has traded his bow for a rifle, a detail that sets this Valentine postcard apart from the usual winged-angel sentimentality on the same board. Lovers' hearts and envelopes surround the figure, so the card joins affection with the martial imagery that turned up often in early twentieth-century postcards. Valentines of this kind were mass-produced and mailed in large numbers, when a card carried a short verse or greeting and a sentiment that could be tucked in a pocket or sent across town. Its mix of romance and soldierly humor is worth noticing, since it shows how the holiday borrowed the language of war for jokes about courtship.
| Original scan | 511 × 816 px |
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| Reference | Img104 |
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