Valentine Collection (page 2)

Table Mountain with Table Cloth, Cape Town, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Statue of Queen Victoria, Cape Town, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Grand Parade and City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Flower sellers, Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Cape Town Docks and Table Mountain, South Africa, showing Royal Mail Steamer Date: circa 1920s

Cape Town, South Africa - multiview postcard Date: circa 1920s

Cape Town, Devil's Peak and Table Mountain, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Cape Town and Devil's Peak, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Delightful photograph of a little girl called Margaret dressed in a costume embellished with love hearts. Date: 1926

Late Victorian 1890s Greetings Card Glove Gloves
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Lady Morvyth Bensen and Mr Valentine Whitaker dressed up as Ford Madox Browns painting, The Last of England, for the Empire Day Ball held at the May Fair Hotel on 24 May 1928. Date: 1928

Original Artwork - Valentine card - mask removed
Original Artwork - Design for a Valentines card with removable mask - Coy, yet cautious; Loving yet shy; Here, Dear Valentine, Am I! Woman emerges from behind her mask. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Design for a romantic card, possibly a Valentine - Young couple share a loving look - he has a large bouquet of flowers at the ready. Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Valentine card - woman in mask
Original Artwork - Design for a Valentine card with removable mask - Coy, yet cautious; Loving yet shy; Here, Dear Valentine, Am I! Woman hiding behind her mask. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1937

Valentine postcard, Man borrows money from his girlfriend Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - We have no Coupons
The long Caption blames the patches on the lack of clothing coupons but says what does that matter - to loyal pals like me and you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New World
The Caption verse is Whos making the Brave New World - lets see - Whos making the Brave New World? You-and-Me! This is a reference to Aldous Huxleys dystopian novel Brave New World - a world that you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - When am I goin to see you again
On the back of the card is a plaintive message to David.. Do you still miss us my darling? I will be delighted to have a little card from you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Now this economy is here
The Caption is Now this economy is here - we ll have to darn the darns Ole dear. They have been darning since 1941 so they probably really are down to the darns

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wool without coupons
The Caption is Wool without coupons. Although the card was posted in 1947, the drawing is about wartime clothes rationing which did not finish until 1949. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1947

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tears
The rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today. On the back is a printed message from the Prime Minister Let us all strive without failing in faith or in

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Heres another blue-pencil P. C
The Caption refers to..another blue pencil postcard. In WW2 Bue Pencil referred to the Censor who crossed out in indelible blue any text that he thought might be of use to the enemy

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Takes all sorts to make a world
The caption says It takes all sorts to make a world and I m glad that you re one of the sorts! The postcard was sent one month before war was declared. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1939

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I C I. O. U. A P. C
This is a particularly interesting card. The girl with the pen is writing a message in a simple code. The card was posted from Bletchley - the hub of the code breakers of WW2

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ve gone crackers over a soldier
The Caption is I ve gone crackers over a soldier. Curiously MLA has not drawn in a box of crackers! Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - You Know what men are
The Caption is You know what men are. In previous wars men generally had the desirable uniforms but in WW2 the ladies had uniforms too and that of the WRENS was particularly attractive

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whether you ve gone
Comic cards were much brighter at this stage of the war when the end seemed to be in sight. The little girl is anticipating the return of her loved one whether you ve gone for a year or a day

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m sticking it jus for you
The Caption reads I m sticking it jus for you. It looks as if she is not just going to stick the stamp but also is putting on lipstick. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m doin me knit
The Caption reads I m doing my knit - a play on the wartime need to do your bit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Every nice boy loves a sailor
The Caption reads Every nice boy loves a sailor - a take on the popular song. This lass has pictures of soldiers and airforce men on the wall behind her. Busy girl

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Sun is Out
The verse on the card contains the lines Coupon trouble grows - shes naught to dry - but pegs. Clothes rationing began in June 1941 and did not end until 1949

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - England expects
The Caption reads - England Expects presumably evoking the Nelsonian flag signal to his fleet. It was everymans war. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wats doing
The Caption reads W.A.Ts Doing? Women were called up from early in 1941 and this little lass may well be in the Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Johnny get your gun
The Caption is Johnny get your gun! Mabel Lucie is perhaps unwittingly relating this card to the anti-war novel Johnny got his gun published in 1938 in which a soldier loses all his limbs in

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot won t we do
The Caption reads Wot won t we do - when I gets you home! Most such captions are more frequent towards the end of the war when one could look forward to the soldier boys coming home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m Missing You Somefing Orful
The Caption is Missing you somefing orful! If her love is in the Forces the War has another 5 months to run in Europe, and demobilisation was slow for many.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t mind the black-outs
The Caption is Don t mind the black-outs, you can always stay the night! This card has a coded message. The initials of the feet

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy Birthday
The ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to have
The Caption is Wot a fing to have to go to bed wif. The message on the card begins Hello Darling and later continues What do you think of this card? When I saw it I just had to get it

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Darlin Mine
The Caption is Dear Darlin Mine - I m feeling fine! The romantic message on the back emphasises the first three words.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

Valentine Wish
A Valentine message. Artist: Margaret G Hayes

Valentine Doll
A pretty Valentine Doll in a yellow and white outfit. Artist: Margaret G Hays (sister of Grace G Weidersheim) Date: 1913

Book Plate by Charles E Dawson for Olivia Valentine Holmes
Book Plate designed by Charles E Dawson for Olivia Valentine Holmes. 1910

Edwardian maiden
A lovely young girl in a dreamy pose, dressed in Edwardian style. From a Valentine postcard. Date: 1904

Medaeval maiden
A lovely young girl in a dreamy pose, dressed in medaeval costume. From a Valentine postcard. Date: 1904

Valentine makers at work 1880
The process of making Valentines cards which were popularlised in the Victorian period, largely due to advances in industrial printing which made them affordable

Falling stars, Crocosmia aurea (Golden tritonia, Tritonia aurea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

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