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To My Valentine
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Valentine's Day card with an image of a child peering out of a metallic gold circle. Surrounding the child are dandelion flowers and leaves. The child is blowing the seeds off of a seed head. The image is within a metallic gold border. In the lower left is the verse: "By Dandelion Post I send This Valentine to my friend. May every flying seedlet be A messenger of love to thee." Chromolithograph.
1880
L. Prang & Co.
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W012NSD
WHi 81210
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