Valentine Card

Object/Artifact

Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Valentine Card

Entry/Object ID

995.4.22.21

Description

One folded Valentine Card with the message, "Dear Teacher Please be our Valentine" and decorated with two young school children writing on a blackboard. On the inside of the card the children are depicted writing on the blackboard with the following message, "Our [hearts] R 4 U Dear Teacher" and "we love our teacher." The card is signed in the bottom right corner, "from Cathryn and Jean Vig." On the reverse of the card is a makers mark from "Doubl-Glo" and "Printed in Canada."

Context

Valentine card given to Mary Gamble when she was a school teacher in Alberta.

Made/Created

Date made

1945

Notes

Additional create date: 1946

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Valentine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Greeting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

12.5 cm

Width

10.2 cm

Depth

0.2 cm

Dimension Notes

2015-12-05 Maximum dimensions, measured when opened.

Parts

Count

Material

paper - papier