Valentine Card

Object/Artifact

Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Valentine Card

Entry/Object ID

995.4.22.28a,b

Description

One printed colour greeting card with the message, "Come along with me and be my Valentine," and decorated with the image of two children riding in a cart being pulled by a small grey donkey. The image of the children is encircled with a large red heart border and colourful tulips along the bottom edge. To the card there has been added a three-dimensional pink flower which is attached through four holes in the card and tied with blue coloured thread. On the reverse of the card, hand written in black coloured pencil is the message, "To Miss Gamble from Darlene."

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

21 cm

Width

19 cm

Depth

1 cm

Dimension Notes

2015-12-06 Measured at maximum dimensions.

Parts

Count

Material

paper - papier