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Making Valentines: A Tradition in America URL: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Valentines/ Description: This online exhibit "is designed to show the evolution of the Valentine's Day card." It features annotated images of early Valentine cards from before 1850, background about Esther Allen Howland (an innovator in Valentine card design and production, who began making and selling Valentines in the 1850s), the George C. Whitney Valentine manufacturing company, which was in business from 1866 to 1942, and Victorian cards. From the American Antiquarian Society. LII Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Valentine's Day Publisher: American Antiquarian Society LII Database Information: Record 23264 created by Maria Brandt on 01/29/2007 Last modification on 01/29/2007 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 02/27/2007 Published: 01/31/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23264 |
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