Candy Kid Valentine

Here's one of the most unusual valentines in my collection.

Dating from the 1930s, it features an actual candy (Necco wafer-type) in a lithographed wrapper as the head of the figure. It's amazing to me that this survived so long without being eaten by either the original recipient or a little mousie.

Bone Button Valentine

Here's a really unusual valentine I found this year. Dating to the 1920s, it features a bone button made into a little happy face...actually, the more I look at it, the less "happy" it appears, verging instead on "creepy," but still, a unique valentine!

Housekeeping Dolly Valentine

This large mechanical 1930s valentine has some damage, but the scene was so charming, I decided to overlook it. What a great image of a little girl and her dolly, doing the laundry...and I love the anxious expression on the dolly's face: she looks like she just woke up after a bender, thinking, 
"Holy crap! Where are my clothes?"

Valentine Time

Yay: it's Valentine Time! 
Vintage and antique valentines are some of the other things I collect,
so I'll be showcasing some of my favorites this month.

Here are two of my dollies and teddies trading valentines 

in a display case at my library, 

and some highlights from the display.

 

"Holy Hat, Batman!"

I was glued to the TV as a kid in the 1970s whenever the campy Batman show starring Adam West and Burt Ward would come on. After a long, Batman-less dry spell, two fantabulous things happened: our local station started airing Batman reruns last week, AND today I found this ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE VINTAGE BATMAN POW! HAT!!!
I'm going to wear it every evening when I watch the show...and possibly to work.