Valentine Card

Object/Artifact

Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Valentine Card

Entry/Object ID

995.4.22.46

Description

One white card with imprinted flowers and laces around the edge of a heart shaped opening with a gold square in the center and pink roses next to the square. A message on the cover reads "A Note to YOU on Valentine's Day". The inside of the card has an image of an envelope with flowers and text that reads "With Love". At the top of the proper right panel is a message "That you are my Valentine I hardly need to say -". At the top of the proper left panel is a message "You're first in my affection Today and EVERY-DAY! Written in black ink "To: Miss Gamble, From: Eleanor, Arnold + (Pest.) Howard Bergesen."

Context

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

Collection

Artefact Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1945

Notes

Quantity produced: 1 Additional create date: 1948

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

25.2 cm

Width

15 cm

Depth

1 cm

Dimension Notes

2018-03-05 Measurements taken with card open

Parts

Count

Material

paper - papier