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Accession Number:2002-885.36
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Condition:good
Location:Photographic Archives, Greeting Cards, Box 1, F 20
Keywords:greeting card, valentine, ca 1918
Area of Origin:Mt.Vernon
Period:ca 1918
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:Greeting card
Maker:UK
Description/History:It is a 3-dimensional folding out card. It is primarily blue with pink roses surrounding a cupid illustration. The text reads, "A heart I have, for you it burns, And longs to call you sweet, Where'ever I rove to you it turns, Oh, that our hearts may meet." Handwritten on the back is "To Mary J. f George W." It is a valentine given to Mary Ruth Johnson McShane (1909-2001) of Mt. Vernon during her school years.
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