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Sweet and Modest Little Girls
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Valentine's Day card with young girl holding a doll. She and her doll are both wearing a dress. The girl has her hair in a snood. A verse is below that reads: "Sweet and modest little girls, With their tidy, glossy curls, Play their plays with pleasant words, Like the songs of pretty birds; This I send to you, my love— May Heaven bless you from above." Letterpress in black, then hand tinted. The card also has an ornate lace embossed border.
1859
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W012NPZ
WHi 81199
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