Feb., 2015: Valentine's Cards, ca. 1940s
Dating back to the Middle Ages, Valentine greetings first began in the form of songs or spoken word poems and eventually evolved into the giving of gifts and paper cards. The oldest known Valentine in existence dates back to the 1400s and is housed at the British Museum. Cards within Vaughan's collection are not nearly as old (with the earliest dating from the 1940s), but contain the same general sentiment.
City of Vaughan Archives: MG 52
Feb., 2015: Valentine's Cards, ca. 1940s
Dating back to the Middle Ages, Valentine greetings first began in the form of songs or spoken word poems and eventually evolved into the giving of gifts and paper cards. The oldest known Valentine in existence dates back to the 1400s and is housed at the British Museum. Cards within Vaughan's collection are not nearly as old (with the earliest dating from the 1940s), but contain the same general sentiment.
City of Vaughan Archives: MG 52