Chloe Preston - Page 2

Why dan't someone ask someone to be My Valentine.

9 5/8" 7 7/8"
circa 1910s, 1920s
"dan't" is not a typo, it is the word used
Figure in a tree with lanterns above a Couple

Valentine Greetings ~ To My Valentine In these Blue Forget-Me-Nots, In these Roses too, Read the message Fond and True From my Faithful Heart to you.

5 1/4" x 4 7/8"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Girl and Dog at Fountain

To My Valentine  There may other smiles as sweet And other eyes that brightly shine But none for me can ever be So bright so sweet so dear as thine.

5" x 4 1/8"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Girl with heart by Paper-puff Pillar

To my Valentine In these Blue Forget-Me-Nots, In these Roses too, Read the message Fond and True From my Faithful Heart to you.

7 1/4" x 7 1/4" 
circa 1910s, 1920s
Couple with Umbrellas

Kind and Tender, Fond and True I will always be to you.

8 1/4" x 6 3/4"
dated 1924
Tunnel of Love

To My Valentine.  This little card I Send to you, To tell you I Continue true.

4 3/4" x 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Girl with Doll in Front of Fireplace

To My Valentine  My heart is red Your eyes are blue My love for you Sweet and True.

9 7/8" x 7 3/4"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Smoking Man in the Moon with Couple and Dog and Cat below

Preston's cards are made in Germany and feature embossing.  Small tags of text are frequently attached to the paper-puff.  Figures are often accompanied by distinctive cats and dogs.  Her birds are also very characteristic and are regularly included in the rich detailing she creates in her scenes.


You'll find some of the same figures repeated in pull-downs and as walker cards.  Most of the cards I've found that have been hand-dated or in date-stamped envelopes bear dates from the 1920s, with a few from the late 1910s.  As noted on page 1 of Cloe Preston, her cards never bear her signature so they can only be identified via her style of illustration and the type of cards she was fond of creating.

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Audiophile - Radios, Record Players and Stereos

Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs and what's wrong with that?
 - Paul McCartney

Be My Own Sweet Valentine.

4 3/4" x 5"
circa 1920s
Flat
made in USA
part of a series

Hi! Valentine You're the GREATEST got me Rockin' and Rollin'!

3 3/4" x 7 5/8"
circa 1950s, 1960s
Flat
made in USA

Won't you be My Sponsor, Valentine.

1 3/4" x 4" flat
circa 1930s, 1940s
Flat

I sure would like to go ROUND with you Valentine!

4" x 3 1/4"
circa 1950s
flat
anthropomorphized victrola
made in USA
by American Greetings
marked: 25 BV9-12

RE-CORD me as your Valentine.  You've got Everything.

circa
Mechanical Card
made in USA

As a matter of RECORD I want you for My Valentine.

3 3/4" x 6 1/8"
circa 1930s
made by Carrington
'C' in tree logo

Tune In ~ By Radio I'll let you know My love for you is lasting So back to me quite rapidly Won't you please be broadcasting I LOVE YOU?

2 3/4" x 3 1/4"
made by Carrington ('A' in tree logo)
dated 1929
made in USA

It's on the Record - Be Mine!

4 1/8" x 2 1/8"
circa 1960s
Flat
with glitter detailing

 Valentine Greetings

3 1/8" x 3 3/4"
circa 1910s-1920s
made in GERMANY

 Hearing her Sweetheart's Voice

Girl and Scotty dog with Radio
circa 1920s/1930s
made in Germany

While strains of music are playing waltz-time I'll give my heart to my Valentine

circa 1920s
made in Germany