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.
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.
Go to the Antique Road Show and they will tell you. Also, go to Ebay and see what they are selling for. Once you come to the page with old/vintage valentines cards, click the "Completed Items" link on the left side of the page. It will tell you which ones sold recently and what they sold for.
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