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    Home » Holidays

    Vintage Valentines

    Published by Pam Kessler | 231 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. - 31 Comments

    I finally found my box of Valentine's Day stuff!!! You see, I could remember last year putting the Valentine's Day stuff away in a special place where it would be extremely obvious and where I would not lose it.

    But when this year came around, I just couldn't figure out where that special place was. So anyhow, to make a long story shorter, I found it!

    Now, I don't have a ton of VD stuff to decorate with, but I do have some vintage Valentine cards from the late 30's and early 40's.

    A great assortment of vintage childrens classroom Valentines, mechanical Valentines and romantic ones, all from 1930 through 1950.

    I bought most of them on eBay a few years ago and they actually have the dates written on the back of them. I'm thinking the kid's Mom was an organizational nut, because I can't see a little kid writing dates on the back of his Valentines.

    I know, Valentine's Day is almost a month away, but I wanted to post them early in case you wanted to use them for crafts and such.

    Vintage elephant Valentine

    Vintage Valentine - little girl with rose arbor

    Vintage child's classroom Valentine with washing machine
    I have read this card ten times and I still don't get it. Maybe it's a 1940's thing, but I don't think I would be thrilled if someone wanted to "shine me up"!

    Strange vintage Valentine with shoe polish
    These are all mechanical cards (moving parts):

    Vintage child's classroom Valentine with airplane

    Vintage child's classroom Valentine with boy in canoe

    Vintage child's classroom Valentine with flapper girl

    Vintage mechanical Valentine with cats or kittens

    Vintage child's classroom Valentine with lumberjack

    Vintage mechanical Valentine with garden theme
    This one is one of my favorites, although not technically a mechanical card. The lasso is real rope and the gun is removable.

    Vintage child's classroom Valentine with cowboy dog

     

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    1. Anna

      January 07, 2011 at 6:16 pm

      That is a terrific collection, I love them!

      Reply
    2. fialka012

      January 07, 2011 at 6:48 pm

      Krásné...

      Reply
    3. luluslovlies

      January 07, 2011 at 10:23 pm

      What a wonderful collection and assortment of cards, I'm so glad you could find them to share with us all, love each and everyone of them! Hugs Marilou

      Reply
    4. Sue

      January 07, 2011 at 10:46 pm

      I wish I'd saved a bunch of my Valentines from long ago! LOL -I think they might even be vintage by now. 🙂 What a fun collection of them you have, Pam. Maybe I'll hit an antique booth and look for some this weekend. I've been a lump on a log re: blogging. Nothing to say and much to busy to organizing and cleaning and getting caught up with all I neglected during the holidays. Catching up w/some friends for a few minutes tonite, though. Love your little nest and ornithological shelf in your office. area. And the roses on your blog dress are pretty, too. Stay warm- it's snowing out and cold here. brrrr....

      Reply
    5. Shirley

      January 07, 2011 at 10:53 pm

      Dear Pam, thanks for stopping by..I had a problem with my blog and had to do some work to get back on track...I'm here and love your Vintage cards...Keep that red box handy as it wont be long and you will be pulling it off the shelf once again..
      Happy (early) Valentine's Day
      Shirley & Cupid...

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    6. lala

      January 11, 2011 at 2:24 am

      Great collection!! The shine one is from a popular old fashioned phrase "I've taken a shine to you", which means you like that person.

      Reply
    7. craftyles

      January 12, 2011 at 10:51 pm

      I love them all. Thanks for sharing these wonderful cards.I'm glad you found them!

      Reply
    8. Cheryl

      January 14, 2011 at 9:47 pm

      Thank you for sharing such sweet valentines. Back in the day, if you took a shine to someone it meant you liked them or had a crush on them. Yes, I'm vintage, too. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

      Reply
    9. Alison

      January 22, 2011 at 12:28 am

      Oh my goodness! I am in love with vintage valentines, and I just struck the jackpot with this post!! Thanks so much!

      Reply
    10. vintagerecycling

      January 25, 2011 at 8:19 am

      they say what you've lost you can usually find within like 18" of where you first looked for it.......:)

      LOVING your collection!! happy Valentines day!

      Reply
    11. Sandy Ang

      February 03, 2011 at 8:53 pm

      What a fabulous collection ! Makes me wish I had access to vintage images like these. Your elephant reminds me of my Fabulous Biker card
      http://angsandy.blogspot.com/2011/02/fabulous-biker.html

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