Esther Allan Howland who created lithographed valentines cards in 1847, placed her first ad in the Worcester paper, The Daily Spy, Feb. 5, 1850 for sales of Valentines Day cards. In 1881, she sold her business to the George C. Whitney Company, one of the nation's largest publishers of Valentine's Day cards.
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People have been sending notes of love and kindess on Valentine's Day for hundreds of years, but the first professionally made and sold valentines cards were produced in 1848, with Hallmark begining to do so in 1916.
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Archies' was the first company as far as valentine based theme gifts and cards are concerned
Remington Rand Corporation produced the first commercial computer, the UNIVAC, in 1951.
Esther Howland began designing and printing valentines in 1848.
It was produced in 1817 in England.
Archies' was the first company as far as valentine based theme gifts and cards are concerned
1847 by Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts
Valentines
The commercial first aired on September 1, 1979.