Valentine Card

Object/Artifact

Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Valentine Card

Entry/Object ID

995.4.22.27

Description

One folded printed colour greeting card with the message, "For You" and decorated with a red floral and heart design on the front cover. Inside of the card a colour image stretches across both the left and right sides. The image depicted inside the card is of a young child dressed as a postal carrier, holding a large pink envelope. The message inside of the card reads, "Yes It's For You With Love For Valentine's Day." On the reverse of the card is a hand written note in graphite pencil, "To: Miss Gamble," "From Muriel J."

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

12.8 cm

Width

10.2 cm

Depth

0.1 cm

Dimension Notes

2015-12-06 Measured at maximum dimensions.

Parts

Count

Material

paper - papier