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Valentine's Day card

Christmas greeting card

Illustrated 1910 Valentine card showing Cupid with wings and a blue sash, gathering red heart shapes from a pine tree into a basket. Text reads If you'd only be my Valentine.

A vintage sepia-toned image of two women embracing.

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