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The card's paper is cut in a floral 'lace' pattern. The paper is folded and sealed on two sides ...
A wish
The card's paper is cut in a floral 'lace' pattern. The paper is folded and sealed on two sides to create a pocket. A padded insert has been placed inside this pocket. It is visible through an oval that is cut out of the front of the lace paper. An inscription is printed on the insert. The card is silver, purple, and white.

A wish

Datebetween 1800 and 1899
Format
Notes
The card's paper is cut in a floral 'lace' pattern.  The paper is folded and sealed on two sides to create a pocket.  A padded insert has been placed inside this pocket.  It is visible through an oval that is cut out of the front of the lace paper.  An inscription is printed on the insert.  The card is silver, purple, and white.
Medium
Dimensions11 cm x 8 cm (4 5/16 in. x 3 1/8 in.)
Extent
  • 1 lace card : illustrated
Language
CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberSAR-GC-VAL-S-18XX-034
A parent's wish
A parent's wish
1840 circa
To my valentine
To my valentine
1905
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A winter walk
between 1800 and 1899
Two girls, each holding a doll, greet each other on a garden path. Flowers and plants in backgr ...
Meeting on a garden path
between 1800 and 1899
Portrait of girl wearing a blue bonnet with pink feathers, a yellow top, a bib with pink flower ...
Portrait of a girl
between 1800 and 1899
A pop-up card.Foreground: A boy with a large sun hat and brown suit holds a huge basket of blue ...
A token of love
between 1900 and 1919
To my valentine
To my valentine
between 1900 and 1919
A pop-up card.A blue pastoral scene of a meadow with red flowers. There's a house with a red ro ...
To my valentine
between 1900 and 1919
A child stands, smiling, with flowers, hearts and ribbons wrapped around them. Printed in Germa ...
Dear valentine
between 1900 and 1919
Red roses in a cream coloured vase with a gold border. When the roses are pulled forward, hidde ...
Red roses
approximately 1903
A girl in a puffy yellow dress poses to have her picture taken by a man with an old fashioned, ...
Still now
approximately 1903
A child holds a can of red paint and a brush. He appears to have just painted the words on the ...
Resolved! That you have just simply got to be my valentine
approximately 1903