Valentine’s Day

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Young girl in a classroom holds up a large pink heart-shaped Valentine card she made, smiling over the top of it, with other children and classroom supplies in the background.

A vintage sepia-toned image of two women embracing.

Valentine's Day 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.

Valentine’s Day: Media

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A vintage sepia-toned image of two women embracing.

Why the History of Valentine's Day Is So Complicated

What St. Valentine, an ancient Roman festival, and Geoffrey Chaucer all have in common.

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Young girl in a classroom holds up a large pink heart-shaped Valentine card she made, smiling over the top of it, with other children and classroom supplies in the background.

Valentine's Day

Young girl showing a heart-shaped Valentine card that she made in her classroom.

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Valentine's Day card

Valentine's Day card

American Valentine's Day card, c. 1908.

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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.

Valentine

American valentine card, c. 1910.

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