Be My Valentine postcard with forget-me-not heart wreath – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Be My Valentine postcard with forget-me-not heart wreath, preserved in this vintage postcard. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. 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.
Be My Valentine postcard with forget-me-not heart wreath
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Forget-me-nots fill the heart-shaped wreath on this card, a flower that carried sentimental meaning in Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards, where it stood for remembrance and enduring affection. Valentine postcards like this one became hugely popular in the early twentieth century, when cheap color printing and the postal service made it easy to send a short message of affection through the mail. The printed phrase "Be My Valentine" sits beside the botanical motif, a pairing that shows how sentiment and floral symbolism were used to say what many people found hard to put into words. Notice the decorative border and the soft palette, which were typical of the period's commercial lithographs.
| Original scan | 810 × 517 px |
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| Reference | Img102 |
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