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Greeting Card Collection
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Greeting Card Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 1190
  • Collection
  • [1790?]-1980s

Collections consists of holiday greeting cards. Description is forthcoming and will be published as it becomes available.

Valentine's cards

Series consists of greeting cards, prints, and ephemera celebrating St. Valentine's Day. Items date from between approximately 1790 to the late twentieth century.

Framed early Valentines

Sub-series consists of seven eighteenth and nineteenth century Valentine's Day cards and prints. Most date sometime from the early to mid-nineteenth century Valentines cards or prints. One Valentine dates from approximately 1790. Prints and cards have been framed.

Valentine signed by Jacob Mercker

Hand-coloured printed Valentine featuring vignette with two figures surrounded by cherubs and crane. With fold-out piece featuring image of the Three Graces with German text printed behind it. Verso contains printed explanatory text. Verso contains name of cards addressee and sender (Jacob Mercker) handwritten.

Valentine with lace paper, illustration, and flowers

Intricate Valentine's card with painted cut paper border surrounding inner colour illustration of waterfall scene. Paper cherub perched at top of inner illustration. At bottom of inner illustration are dried sprigs of greenery and fabric lowers. Lower portion of cut paper border features fabric bow with printed text "Truly Yours."

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