Item 4136 - Doily valentine, ca. 1890

Item 4136 - Doily valentine, ca. 1890
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Item 4136
Doily valentine, ca. 1890
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This valentine is made from a doily and pasted-on pictures of a bird and flowers. On the back is written, "Albert from Merrill."

This mechanical valentine is also known as a sentimental moveable, trick valentine, or novel valentine. Often these mechanicals would have moveable parts and stands.

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