Valentine Card

Object/Artifact

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Valentine Card

Entry/Object ID

995.4.22.26a-d

Description

One printed colour greeting card with the message, "I'll be your Valentine," and decorated with a potted yellow flower surrounded by a red line and heart border. The yellow flower has seven petals, of which three have hidden messages under petals added on top of the surface of the card. The messages say, "Yes," "No," and "Maybe." The recipient would pull the petals out of the flower to reveal the message. On the reverse of the card, written in blue ink is, "From. Stanley."

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

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

12.2 cm

Width

8.6 cm

Depth

0.1 cm

Dimension Notes

2015-12-06

Parts

Count

4

Material

paper - papier