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Valentines
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Comic Valentines: A Curious Collection of Valentines 
 These unusual Victorian valentines are the antithesis of the lacy, sentimental valentine greeting. "These scurrilous printed sheets, entered into the humour of the common and middle classes, fun and mischief were their elements. In reality they were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love." Information about the origin, size, and approximate date of each card is included along with selections from period newspapers. From the Scrap Album. http://www.scrapalbum.com/svcomic/svc_p1.htm Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Feb 7, 2007 Everything Valentine's
Hundreds of ideas for Valentine's Day crafts, gifts, cards, games, and treats for the classroom, spouses, and others. Includes illustrated instructions. From FamilyFun magazine. http://familyfun.go.com/valentines-day/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Oct 29, 2009 A Flowering of Affection: Victorian Valentine Cards at the Lilly Library
This site features a browsable gallery of annotated images "of nineteenth century Valentine cards, from the sentimental to the comic." The site also provides users the opportunity to send electronic postcards of the images. Curated and designed by librarian Erika Dowell of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eliblilly/valentines/valentine.html Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Sep 9, 2006 Tokens of Love: Lace-Paper Valentines
This beautiful Web site features a collection of Victorian lace-paper valentines. The valentines are "accompanied by interesting quotations from newspapers and magazines of the Victorian period," as well as some details about size, date, and origin, plus tidbits of information about the manufacturing process. From the Scrap Album. http://www.scrapalbum.com/stvalent.htm Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 21, 2004 |
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