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To My Valentine
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Valentine's Day postcard with Cupid holding a bow and arrow seated in a two-wheeled cart made of flowers, two cherubs are pushing it. They are in a meadow with hills in the background. Text on the right reads: "To My Valentine." Chromolithograph, embossed, printed in Germany.
1910
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W012NQM
WHi 63801
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To My Valentine
1910
Valentine's Day postcard with Cupid holding a heart on the front and text at the foot that reads: "To My Valentine". The background is decorated with carnations and hearts. Chromolithograph, emboss...
To My Valentine
1912
Valentine's Day postcard with a large red heart with two white doves and Cupids on either side. The heart is surrounded by blue Forget Me Nots. The background is textured metallic gold. Text in upp...
Oh, Be My Valentine
circa 1910-1919
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Signal Flag Valentine
February 14, 1910
Valentine's Day postcard featuring a cherub with a pink sash. The cherub is raising a line of signal flags up a flagpole. In the upper left conrner is the text: "To My Valentine Cupid knows what I ...
To My Valentine
1911
Valentine's Day card made of four pieces. The main piece is of a large shell boat pulled by two swans on a pond filled with water lilies. A cutout of a large cherub is inserted into the shell. On t...
To My Valentine
1910
Valentine's Day postcard featuring a girl and a boy. The girl, wearing a pink dress, stockings and shoes, with a red, white and blue sash and hair ribbon, is leaning forward while glancing back shy...
