Holiday Card

Terms

Greeting Cards
Paper

Dimensions25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

MarkingsOn envelope in ink: "This valentine was sent to your grandmother when she was a very young girl." In pencil" "Lydia Duffy".

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hans W. Miller

Object numberM1109F

DescriptionLarge valentine with embossed, gilt-edged images of flowers and leaves. At center, color image of a woman in blue coat and yellow hat surrounded by blue text: "I look and I love Thee, again, and again...." Inside, a small, detachable sheet of of embossed paper has handwritten words: "Two Soules with but a single thought / Two hearts which beat as one". Original, embossed envelope has handwritten words: "This valentine was sent to your / grandmother when she was a / young girl".