Heart-shaped, pale blue valentine, the edges of which are decorated with peach and white flowers with red accents. Central image depicts a young woman and a young man dressed in period costume; the woman is wearing a wig and a pale purple and white dress, carrying a straw hat with a red ribbon on her arm; the man is wearing a wig and is dressed in a red waistcoat, with a white neck piece, carrying a black, tricorn hat. The verse on the back of the card reads: Your voice is sweetest music/ I never can forget;/Some day I hope to hear it/Say something sweeter yet. Verse is decorated with sprigs of flowers printed in the same color brown as the text.
Subjects
Flowers; Greeting cards; Hats; Hearts (Symbols); Valentines; Verses (Poetry); Young men; Young women
Printer
Unidentified
Dimensions
12 x 12 cm
Date
1900-1910
Manuscript Collection
MSS 440, Greeting Card Collection
Repository
The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Publication Rights
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian at the Phillips Library.
