St. Valentine's greeting with cyclamen, Cambridge, MA, 1905
- Subject
- Valentine's Day
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1905 (Early)
About this postcard
A spray of cyclamen fills the card: white and pink-magenta blooms with swept-back petals rise above heart-shaped, mottled green leaves against a plain pale blue ground. The printed greeting "St. Valentine's Greeting" sits at the upper left in ornate Art Nouveau lettering. Cyclamen, a winter bloomer, suited the February holiday, and floral Valentines of the period often used such blooms to carry sentimental messages. Many color-printed cards of the early 1900s were produced in Germany for the American market.
Postcard Details
Greenleaf St. Joliet
Postcard record
| Postmarked | MA |
|---|---|
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte Harrett, Greenleaf St., Joliet |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Plain pale blue background, no white border; slight corner and edge wear, small crease at upper right; no publisher imprint visible on the front. Postmark: S BY / FEB / 6-30P / 19 / MASS (partly obscured by flag cancel). Undivided back with printed "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS." and ornate green "Post Card" heading; 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp; card toned, soiled and edge-worn. |
Cite this card
St. Valentine's greeting with cyclamen, Cambridge, MA, 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/st-valentines-greeting-with-cyclamen-cambridge-ma-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.