Hand-tinted romantic postcard of soldier and woman with French and English verse – Vintage 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 Hand-tinted romantic postcard of soldier and woman with French and English verse, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable 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.
Hand-tinted romantic postcard of soldier and woman with French and English verse
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A soldier and his sweetheart share the front of this hand-tinted card, with French and English verse printed beside them. Cards like this were popular in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, when illustrated greetings let sentimental messages stand in for words that were hard to say aloud. Colored by hand over a printed base, each one was finished individually, so small differences in tint from card to card are part of their charm. The bilingual verse hints at how such sentiments traveled across borders and were exchanged as Valentine's tokens.
| Original scan | 600 × 922 px |
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| Reference | Img85 |
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