A Valentine Message: woman in hat with rose – Historic Print
(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 A Valentine Message: woman in hat with rose, a historic image 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. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
A Valentine Message: woman in hat with rose
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A rose-bearing woman in a wide-brimmed hat anchors this card, setting it apart from the many Cupid-themed valentines on the same board, which lean on arrows, hearts and winged figures. Valentine cards of this kind became popular in the United States and Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when printers used chromolithography and embossed paper to produce sentimental greetings that were mailed or handed over in person. The rose, long a symbol of love, paired with a fashionable hat points to the decorative taste of the period, when such cards were as much about ornament as words. Look closely at the lettering and paper edges, which often reveal the printing methods of the era.
| Original scan | 639 × 994 px |
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| Reference | Img87 |
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