1940s Modest Maidens and Victory Rolls

"I wanted to send him 

      a birthday card......

         but I can't find one that says

 'to a stinker!'"

a little comic from my ephemera collection. 

1946 Modest Maidens~ 

loving those VICTORY ROLLS!

1940s women would fashion 

their hair into rolls

as a show of patriotic support

for their beloved

 soldiers overseas. 

Victory Rolls are commonly 

thought to 

be named in honor of a

WWII plane maneuver 

of the same name.

you can get a closer look at this beautiful card,

 as well as, more

 WWII greeting cards HERE

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1943 comic ~ WWII rations

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1940s WWII greeting cards for Soldiers

"'To my sweetheart in the army' ....that's nice.  Now have you one for a boy in the navy?" ~ 1942

this Birthday card for a Soldier has a woven "blanket" embellishment and it's illustrated on the cover and inside, as well as the backside.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOLDIER!  You's Ain't no BED of ROSES  (Who wants one -They GOT THORNS!  You Sure Can't JITTERBUG  All Night (Well, it's Better For YOUR CORNS!)

Your Grub Ain't exactly CAVIAR- (Who likes that FISHY Stuff?) ... And Your Sarg- He Ain't No ANGEL -(There's Some as Thinks He's TOUGH) ....But Soldier On Your Birthday ... Ain't We Glad That You was Born? ..... 'Cause Who but YOU could Look So Swell In A U.S. ........

UNIFORM!  We're MIGHTY PROUD of YOU!

  This next Soldier Birthday card has a felt four leaf clover embellishment, as well as, a die cut center horseshoe ~note you can see the rust staining from the pin that holds the clover in place.

A Happy Birthday SOLDIER

No K.P. and no formations ~ Nothing you don't want to do ~  Just a Happy Birthday, Soldier, And the Best of Luck to You!

this mechanical card shows a soldier dreaming

 of his sweetheart while a puppy is licking his face 

...when opened he wakes up 

and his sweet dreams "POP" away ..

To My SWEETHEART in the SERVICE

I hope you always dream of me... Whenever you are nappin'~ For if you do, you can be sure That THIS will never happen!       LOVE AND BEST WISHES!

see more greeting cards from WWII!

War Bride Wedding Cards

War Stamp Albums 

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sources: Rust Craft Rustler 1942

1938 Reg'lar Fellers

1938

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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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Myrtle's shaving! 1940s Dudley Fisher Cartoon

This Really adorable Father's Day card was made by Stanley Greetings 1947
here you can see the old store stock box with the original label......
this card is so cute......even the label says so:)

adorable graphics inside and out.... little girl in her red pjs, holding a shaving mug, "Father" she's all lathered~up and ready for a shave! "HI DAD...IT'S FATHER'S DAY! THIS ONE'S GOT WHISKERS ON IT... BUT HERE'S A BIG WISH FROM~ YOUR LITTLE SHAVER! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!"

this special card features the artwork of cartoonist Dudley Fisher (1890-1951) and the little cutie shaving is Myrtle, a "high-spirited" girl from his well known syndicated cartoon, "Right Around Home"
you can read a wiki entry about his work HERE

King Features Syndicate Inc., established 1915, sold comics to newspapers and published many famous cartoons and supported many artists ....
you can read about their long interesting history HERE









Stanley Greetings Inc. is another great greeting card industry pioneer. 1915.... two brothers, who were originally metal stampers and specialized in metal seals...they began with cards which had metal stamped designs and evolved to publish all types of cards for all types of occasions

this 1947 original card is available for purchase here