The original Valentine’s Day postcard, with Ellen Clapsaddle illustration, shows a little farm boy in overalls, boots, and a straw hat cutting a bunch of wild flowers for his sweetheart with his faithful pupy sitting at his feet. The message is “My Valentine Think of Me.” The card also contains a poem: “It may be […]
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Cute Valentine’s Day Postcard with Victorian Children
The original Valentine’s Day postcard, circa 1910, has a divided back, was printed in Germany and contains a vintage Victorian message, “My Heart is small, but it is true, and I will offer it to you.”
Vintage Forget-Me-Not Valentine Postcard
Blue Forget-Me-Not flowers adorn this vintage Valentine’s Day postcard, which reads, To my Valentine. A vase, a bunch and a heart shaped wreath of forget-me-nots form a sort of border for the landscape painting in the center of this divided back vintage postcard.
Vintage Art Nouveau Valentine Postcard
This is a very early 1900s vintage Valentine’s Day postcard from the undivided back era (circa 1901 – 1907). The border is an Art Nouveau style scrollwork in blue with brown lines. The printed To my Valentine wording and the main flowers, which are slightly embossed and light pink and bright pink, are off center […]
Vintage Valentine Postcard of Roses
This vintage postcard has a divided back and was mailed in Pennsylvania in 1910. It was printed by International Art Publ. Co. in Berlin, Germany. It is a beautiful Valentine postcard with roses on an embossed foil background and reads: Rose, Emblem of Fond Love.
Vintage Roses Valentine’s Day Postcard
This early 1900s vintage Valentine Postcard simply reads, A Valentine Message. The main image is a bunch of red roses and a locket with a picture of Cupid. The top and bottom borders of the postcard are lined with white daisies and clovers are embossed into a background pattern.
Vintage Valentine Greetings Postcard
This vintage Valentine postcard is from the early 1900s – the Edwardian era. It’s a simple card featuring a portrait of a young woman and simply wishing Valentine Greetings. Personally, I find the rose tones that run throughout this picture to be particularly lovely.
Vintage Valentine’s Day Postcard with Love Poem
This 1900s romantic postcard for Valentine’s Day features a beautiful, young woman holding a bunch of pink flowers and a love poem surrounded by a border of blue hearts and forget-me-nots. The love poem to his darling reads: Oh! Would I were the flower that sips The honied kisses from your lips. My Darling Valentine […]
Vintage Valentine Love Postcard with Poem
This turn of the century Love postcard features a Valentine poem from a woman (presumably) in a big, red heart. The poem, which is sort of funny, but also sort of sad, reads: To my Valentine You tell me others are more fair And wittier and wiser too. What matters it. I do not care […]
Currier and Ives Shop Front Vintage Postcard
The Currier and Ives Shop Front vintage postcard shows the store front at 115 Nassau St. in New York City around 1875, and the people in the doorway are believed to be the lead print operator Daniel Logan, and his son. The postcard shows the headquarters of the famous duo, Nathanial Currier and James Ives, […]