Card, greeting

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Card, greeting

Entry/Object ID

7920

Description

Valentine Greeting Card. Material: paper, textile. Size: 12'L x 10 1/4'W x 7/8'D. Description: horseshoe shaped Valentine; back is white cardboard with scalloped edge; front has fine cotton floral print fabric covering that is gathered around the edge; inside this is blue satin puckered so as to stand up in the shape of a horseshoe; inside the horseshoe is more of the fine cotton floral print fabric but over it is a stiff silk overlay, it is tacked down in each cover via a blue ribbon bow; dangling at the bottom of the horseshoe is a card, it is hanging by 2 short lengths of blue ribbon, white with a shadow of blue around the edges & black ink printing that reads 'Loving Greeting' & a poem; condition - edges of outer border fabric are scalloped & so raveled a little, fabric has faded & is thin

Context

Valentine greeting card. From the Henry Reitfort Estate.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Greeting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

February 27, 1998

Update Date

November 21, 2024