St. Patrick's Day Greeting Cards: a Century of Newspaper Advertising ~

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ERNEST DUDLEY CHASE

reflections on the custom of sending 

Saint Patrick's Day greeting cards ~ 

"Comic and semi-comic post cards were published for those who desired to 

greet one another on 

Saint Patrick's Day long before 

the advent of the greeting card and even after cards for

 other occasions were in constant use.  

It was not until 1912 or 1913 

that the first greeting cards

(in their present form) 

were issued covering Saint Patrick's Day,

 and while many of them were 

comic or 'slap stick' 

the more serious type of 

sentiment came into use"

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source: newspaper archives

14 in 14 ♥fourteen days of vintage Valentines DAY 8 Flapper Comic

BLOG NOTE: THANK YOU to all who have been checking out the Valentine Blog series:)

my beautiful child had to be hospitalized this week (she is now on the road to recovery♥ YAY)

 sooooo ... I am a little behind on the postings....Bless you if you noticed :p

I will still get in all fourteen!! 

THANK YOU for your loving patience♥ jen

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14 in 14

14 days of vintage Valentines

 These humorous Valentines are 

undated and no maker is noted, although

they do say "made in US Am"

 I believe they're circa 1920s 

the flapper girls, clothing styles 

and slang (ie: kale=cash) are telling clues.

MY VALENTINE EXPERIMENT

if You should find me making love~~

to some girl on the street .....'Twill be to quite convince myself~~

 

that YOU are TWICE as SWEET

 HOW to LAND YOUR MAN

on books girls spend a lot of kale~~

to learn to snare the wily male~~but I depend upon my line

to hook YOU for MY VALENTINE

 BE MY VALENTINE 

IT'S DOCTOR'S ORDERS

my doctor said to shun all sweets ~~

it nearly overcame me ~~ but when I said I can't shun YOU

DOC SAID HE DIDN'T BLAME ME

SOME GUYS WILL FALL for ANY DAME

"The Girls are all alike," they claim

and some gals have the nerve to drawl "when you've seen one,you've seen 'em all"  ..........   Now all that talk is just BALONEY that ends in SCRAPS and ALIMONY!

but you were made for ME ~ and so JUST BE MY VALENTINE! LET'S GO!

 MY VALENTINE IS PERFECT

 ♥♥♥STAY TUNED for MORE VINTAGE VALENTINES!♥♥♥

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