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To My Valentine

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Description: Valentine's Day card with a Cupid holding a golden ribbon bow in the shape of a heart. He is surrounded by Forget Me Not flowers, and at the bottom of the ...
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To My Valentine

Date: 1912
Description: 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 backgro...
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Military Themed Valentine

Date: 1943
Description: Valentine's Day card of a young boy in a military uniform and his dog. He is standing in the open top hatch of a tank, and the dog is sitting on the crawle...
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Whitney-Made Valentine with Children

Date: 1920
Description: Valentine created using a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. The "folder" (card) has a boy in military uniform holding a rifle. He is kissing a girl on th...
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To My Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: 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 carna...
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Sincere Affection

Date: 1906
Description: Valentine's Day card with three hearts attached by ribbons. The top heart contains two cherubs with a cornucopia full of hearts. It has a gold, blue and wh...
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To My Valentine

Date: 1911
Description: 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 lar...
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Valentine Card Made From a Kit

Date: 02 11 1937
Description: Valentine's Day card made from a kit. The front and back are both shown. The front has a girl in a yellow dress holding a heart, surrounded by hearts and f...
Historical Essay

Valentine's Day Greeting Cards - Image Gallery Essay

View this beautiful collection of Valentine's Day greeting cards collected from 1840 through 1980.
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Valentine with Little Girl and Bird

Date: 1920
Description: Valentine's Day card with a little girl in a red outfit gazing at at bird in a tree. She is standing on a path with grass all around. There is an ornate b...
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To My Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: 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 ...
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Oh, Be My Valentine

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Description: Valentine's Day postcard of woman sitting on the beach with Cupid standing behind her holding a quiver of arrows. She is wearing a bathing costume and cap....
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St. Valentine's Day

Date: 1881
Description: Valentine's Day card with a border of white flowers surrounding a smaller polka dot border. Inside is the text: "St. Valentine's Day," with daisies and a b...
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My Gift of Love

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Description: Valentine's Day card made of several layers. The back piece is a die cut heart-shape with blue and gold decorations and flowers around the edges. Next are ...
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Happy Valentine's Day, With Love, To My Husband

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Description: Valentine's Day card with the theme of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. On a pink background, the serpent with an apple in his mouth appears in a tree f...
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Album Page with Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: An album page featuring a die cut, chromolithograph Valentine's Day card in the shape of an arrow. The greeting "To My Sweetheart" is printed on the card, ...
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To My Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: 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, ...
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If Souls Could Always Dwell Above

Date: 1850
Description: Valentine's Day card with a center oval-framed image of a woman and a cherub leaning on an ornamental stone wall. A column with an ornate top is to the rig...
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Signal Flag Valentine

Date: 02 14 1910
Description: 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 ...
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St. Valentine's Day

Date: 1887
Description: Valentine's Day card with tan fringe and tasseled cords. A border of white daisies surrounds a smaller zig-zag border. Inside the border is the text "St. V...

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