On View
Not on viewHoliday Card
DateEarly 1900s
Dimensions8.89 × 13.97 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Kuhlmann, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Edward Holton James
Object numberPER0105E
DescriptionPostcard (Post Card) valentine. An embossed and chromolithograph printed scene featuring a bucolic image of three children gathering flowers. The boy at the proper left also carries a butterfly net. The girl at the proper right wears a white bonnet. The figures are surrounded by a blue flower and gilt border with a cherub holding a heart at the proper right. Text at the bottom center reads: "TO MY LOVE". On the verso, printed text reads: "POST CARD" and "PRINTED IN / GERMANY".
Per105: Gift of 25 Valentines.
Per105: Gift of 25 Valentines.
Object number: PER0105V