Description: These 2 unusual greetings were in a stack of vinegar valentines, which were cheap cartoon valentines designed to insult and mock the recipient. They were popular from the 1830's until the 1940's. Like the valentines, these greetings were printed on very cheap thin sheets of high acid paper. They are signed "H." the signature of cartoonist Charles Howard, who drew vinegar valentines starting in the 1870's for New York publisher John McLoughlin. These, however, are not valentines, the drawings are not caricatures as they are in the valentines, and the messages are preachy. One shows a Victorian lady holding a handkerchief to her face and smiling slightly. The message reads "DON'T Flirt! Remember that no man respects the woman he flirts with." In the other an aproned woman is trimming a piecrust by a kitchen work table. The message says "DON'T be afraid of housework, try to help your husband by doing your own work - he will appreciate it." The sheets measure 7 1/2 by 9 1/4 and 10 inches. The high acid paper is fragile and toned. Both have some creases, and one had bits torn away. I don't think a woman, even in Victorian times, would have been any happier to receive one of these as a greeting than a vinegar valentine!
Price: 10.99 USD
Location: Advance, North Carolina
End Time: 2024-12-02T02:10:11.000Z
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
