A Valentine Message postcard with girl in forget-me-not heart – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage postcard of A Valentine Message postcard with girl in forget-me-not heart brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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A Valentine Message postcard with girl in forget-me-not heart
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A girl tucked inside a heart wreathed in forget-me-nots is the detail that sets this Valentine postcard apart from the many cupids and roses that crowded the holiday's card racks. Postcards like this one were a mainstay of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when inexpensive printing made it easy to send a sentimental greeting through the mail for a penny or two. Forget-me-nots, with their small blue blossoms, carried a long-standing meaning of remembrance and faithful affection, so pairing them with a heart gave the sender a gentle way to say "think of me." Worth noticing are the chromolithographed colors and the decorative border, which show how illustrators of the period balanced sweetness with ornament.
| Original scan | 819 × 502 px |
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| Reference | Img5 |
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