Vintage Valentine Postcards and Illustrations for Collectors

The following vintage postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Little Girl Mailing Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Little Girl Mailing Valentine
Barbara Crews

Mark on card:
Whitney Made, Worcester, Mass.

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

Poem inside:
Dear little friend
With your merry smile
And laughing big bright eyes,
I wish you'd come over and
play with me
And help me make mud pies.

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Fixing Broken Hearts Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card with cupid
Barbara Crews

Little Dan Cupid embossed postcard
Date: 1913
Price paid: $4.00

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Vintage Cupid

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Tennis Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Tennis Valentine
Barbara Crews

Valentine Greetings postcard is signed by artist J Johnson.
Date appears to be 1911
Price paid: $2.

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Girl With Hearts Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Girl with Hearts stand-up card.
Undated
Price paid: $4.50

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Old Fashioned Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Cat and Mouse Postcard

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Cat and Mouse postcard
Date: 1918
Price paid: $1.50

Not really a Valentine postcard, but it could fit. This original card was sent two days after the armistice was signed and mentions how "we can still hear them celebrate peace".

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Seamstress Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Seamstress Valentine
Barbara Crews

This card has been charted for needlework by Cross Stitch Guide Connie Barwick.

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Little Boy Washing Up

Vintage Valentines Day card. Little Boy Washing Up
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Two Cupids Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Two Cupids
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Cupid With Umbrella Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Cupid embossed postcard
Date: 1913
Price paid: $3.50

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Boy in Heart

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Sincere Thoughts Postcard

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Little Girl with Kittens embossed postcard
Date: 1908
Price paid: $7.00

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Boy Robin Hood

Vintage Valentines Day card. Boy Robin Hood
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Child's Written Heart

Vintage Valentines Day card. Child's Written Heart
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Boy and Girl With Squirrel

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Little Child With Bluebird Greeting Card

Vintage Valentines Day card. Little Child w/Bluebird
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Violets Postcard

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Violet Greetings
Date: 1910

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Boy, Girl and Puppy

Vintage Valentines Day card. Boy, Girl and Puppy
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Little Girl Skipping Rope

Vintage Valentines Day card. Little Girl Skipping Rope
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Dutch Boy With Tulips

Vintage Valentines Day card. Dutch Boy with Tulips
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Lamb Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Lamb Valentine
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Boy and Girl at Lover's Park

Vintage Valentines Day card. Boy and Girl at Lover's Park
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Boy With Organ Grinder Monkey

Vintage Valentines Day card. Boy with Organ Grinder Monkey
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Dutch Girls With Cocoa

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Dutch Girls with Cocoa embossed postcard
Date: 1907
Price paid: $6.

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Children with Hearts

Vintage Valentines Day card. Children with Hearts
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Dutch Girl Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Dutch Girl
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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To My Love Heart

Vintage Valentines Day card. To My Love
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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To My Valentine Greeting Card

Vintage Valentines Day card. To My Valetine Poem
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Lucky Boy with Roses

Vintage Valentines Day card. Lucky Boy with Roses
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Little Girl on Barrel

Vintage Valentines Day card. Little Girl on a Barrel
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

This particular art was from a 1900s-era card.

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Sewing Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Sewing Valentine
Barbara Crews

This is from a vintage Valentine postcard from the early 1900s.

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Dutch Boy Antique Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Tuck Valentine
Barbara Crews

To My Valentine postcard is a Raphael Tuck & Sons
Date:1911
Price paid: $4.

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Umbrella Kids Card

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Mark:
Whitney Made, Worcester, Mass

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Broken Heart Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Broken Heart Valentine
Barbara Crews

Price paid: $2.

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Need a Hug Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Need a Hug postcard is signed by artist DWIG
Date: 1912
Price paid: $3.

Not very politically correct in this time, but apparently acceptable in 1912.

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Love Birds Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Let's Be Love Birds this tiny card has fuzzy hearts on it.

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Girl With Needlework Postcard

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Girl with Needlework Postcard a picture postcard in French.
Undated
Price paid: $10.

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Monkey Valentine

Vintage Valentines Day card. Monkey Valentine
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Child on Hobby Horse

Vintage Valentines Day card. Child on Hobby Horse
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Umbrella Kids Card #2

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

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Umbrella Kids Card Poem

Vintage Valentines Day card
Barbara Crews

Poem from the inside of the Umbrella Kids card

The postcards date from the early 1900s and the cards are from the late 1930s through early 1940s.

Craft idea:
I printed the page, but only used the sketch of the children in a tiny frame as a little Valentine's Day gift.