Scans of 1950s kids' Valentine's Day cards

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, February 6, 2008 9:47 AM | permalink

James D. Kimberlin says:

This is a flickr set of 1950's Valentines Day Cards that I scanned. I'm an avid garage saler who came across 4 large scrap books of cards. I have been wanting to use them for a project and have finally gotten around to scanning them.
They include Valentine's Day, Easter, Christmas and Birthday cards, all dating from the 1950s. The scrapebooks are from a set of twin boys Vin (Elvin) and Don. There are some great classic cards in the set. I cleaned them all up and silo'd them.
Please feel free to download any and all and share them. I also Have higher res versions of most of them, so if anyone needs those Please feel free to contact me.
Also, I have a large assortment of Other cards, Easter, Birthday etc. if anyone is interested.

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#1 posted by RugerRedhawk , February 6, 2008 10:33 AM

Today a kid would get suspended for having a picture of a gun with them and the company that made the card would be sued for causing the 'virginia tech massacre'.

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#2 posted by Rinchen , February 6, 2008 10:55 AM

Thanks for sharing. The colors are vivid, unlike the stuff made today!
What does silo mean?

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#3 posted by Sarah Neptune , February 6, 2008 11:56 AM

"Ah shot yoo 'n cut out yer heart with mah knife! Happy St Valentine's Day, darlin'!"

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#4 posted by Takuan , February 6, 2008 11:58 AM

he IS dressed for a Pastafarian rant alright

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#5 posted by jimtealiii , February 6, 2008 12:10 PM

silo = silhouette

He removed the background so the art stands alone.

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#6 posted by jimtealiii , February 6, 2008 12:12 PM

Nice to see Valentines without licensed cartoon characters.

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#7 posted by Antinous , February 6, 2008 1:21 PM

I ♥ the underage transvestite weightlifter.

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#8 posted by Art , February 6, 2008 2:14 PM

I remember these because I was in grammar school in the 50's.

These illustrations are wonderful and represent a great but lost commercial art form and era.

Thank you for the post.

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#9 posted by ZzmeeY , February 6, 2008 2:17 PM

When I was a kid, the pictures like that made me nervous :)

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#10 posted by Emma , February 6, 2008 4:13 PM

For all you guy geeks out there who have no idea what to get a girl for Valentines Day, here are the top ten gifts you want to avoid, including the book by Jenna Jameson "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star": http://www.buzzillions.com/valentines

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#11 posted by sonipitts , February 6, 2008 8:37 PM

That pirate is seriously loaded for bear. He(She?)'s got a carving knife, a handgun and a sword. Dunno who pissed him or her off, but boy are they in some serious shit.

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#12 posted by KlokWerk , February 6, 2008 10:16 PM

"Be my valentine... OR ELSE!" :)

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#13 posted by Jeff , February 7, 2008 5:03 AM

Nothing says Be My Valentine like a cross-dressing kid with gun and a knife and a sword!

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#14 posted by Drapeau06 , February 7, 2008 5:30 AM

I'm really impressed that the publisher released these images into the public domain. Kudos to them!

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#15 posted by SednaBoo