Origsize: 6" x 7.325"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI
Name/Title
Valentine with Girl and Dog Sitting Up
Entry/Object ID
2021.19.10.1.26
Scope and Content
Valentine sent to Helen Yaeger.
1.26 Valentine that features a girl in a blue dress with flowers, red hair and brimmed tam with a blue windowpane pattern. She is holding out her hand with a heart to a black and white small dog. the dog is sitting up on his hind legs and has a cone shaped red hat with a black pom-pom. Green background with gold pavement.
Bottom: To my Valentine
Metal circular clip on the bottom right.
Back: There is a tab in the back that when pulled makes the girl and dogs upper body move. It is held together with a small brad. Cardboard stand on the back.
Signed: From / Aunt Viole and Uncle Bill
I see you sweep in one great heap / all the male hearts you've broken; / But I give you mine, dear Valentine, / Please keep it as a token. c in circle on the bottom left. Ramon written in pen on the right near the bottom.
Back: Cardboard stand attached to the back.
Cards sent to Helen G.Yaeger, daughter of Anna E. and William C. Yaeger of Westlake. Helen was the middle child of three. She passed away at the age of seven of typhoid and had congenital heart disease. (b. 1921 - d. 11 Oct 1929)
Related photographs of Helen Yaeger in computer photo file: Photo Collection / Photo TIFF (also JPG) / 2021 / Sue photo's
