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Subseries A. Charles Albert Reed
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This subseries contains research notes compiled by Charles Albert Reed, a Valentine scholar. More materials by Charles Albert Reed include Valentine's Day scrapbooks and albums that are housed in boxes 77-79, listed within the Valentine's Day, scrapbook and album subseries.
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Artifacts and 3D objects
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The box contains a valentine and its original box. Valentine is marked as attributed to creator Esther Howland with Mansell lace.
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Subseries A. Greeting cards
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The subseries contains greeting cards created for Valentine's Day. Included are handmade cards with theorem painting, paper cut work (Scherenschnitte), rebus puzzles, frakturs, puzzle purses, endless knots, pinpricking, and other folk art methods. Also included are greeting cards created during the Victorian era by English and American stationers, makers, and distributors such as Joseph Addenbrooke, Dobbs and Co., Thomas De La Rue, Esther Howland, Jonathan King, Joseph Mansell, and George C. Whitney which demonstrate various methods of design and production, often on intricate paper lace with embossing, scrap assemblage, and other illustrative and printing techniques. This subseries also contains comic or "vinegar valentines" created by publishers McLoughlin Bros. and Raphael Tuck & Sons, and printers A. Park, A.J. Fisher, Marks & Sons, and Thomas W. Strong. Many of the comic valentines are illustrated by Charles Howard who worked for the various publishers. Of note are dimensional and mechanical valentines, which either have mechanical levers, honeycomb tissue paper, paper wheels, or pulls to hold the cards up or move in different directions.
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Subseries C. Rust Craft Greeting Card Company
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This subseries contains photographs, proofs, prints, samples, and original artwork by artists working for Rust Craft Greeting Card Company. Rust Craft's Valentine's Day cards are housed in the Valentine's Day series, and other holiday greeting cards are found in the Manners and customs series.
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Subseries A. Kate Greenaway
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The Kate Greenaway subseries includes original artwork, calendars, trade cards, and advertisements relating to the illustrator. Greenaway's Valentine's Day cards are housed in the Valentine's Day series, and her other holiday greeting cards are found in the Manners and customs series. This subseries pertains primarily to her original art and promotional material.
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Subseries B. Louis Prang
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This subseries contains promotional, instructional and internal files relating to Louis Prang. Included are art course books, trade cards, advertisements, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. Louis Prang's Valentine's Day cards are housed in the Valentine's Day series, and his other holiday greeting cards are found in the Manners and customs series.
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