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1961

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2015

2024

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Greeting Card, Valentine Greeting

This is a Greeting card. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is chromolithograph on embossed paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Hamill & Barker. It is credited Gift of Hamill and Barker.

Its dimensions are

7.1 × 11.1 cm (2 13/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Below, in a ribbon: "Forget me not".

Cite this object as

Greeting Card, Valentine Greeting; chromolithograph on embossed paper; 7.1 × 11.1 cm (2 13/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-41

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