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Source(google.com.pk)Win any heart by making this simple folded greeting card with easy to find supplies and bits of scrapbook paper. If you can not find the vintage Valentine print, substitute stickers or photocopies of old-time Valentines, or anything you like.
For one card you will need
1 sheet off-white scrapbook cardstock
1 sheet red scrapbook paper
2 red foil heart-shaped doilies
1 sheet vintage Valentine scrapbook paper
white sequin trim
1/4-inch sheer off-white ribbon
scissors, scalloped paper crafting scissors, small decoupage scissors
tacky craft glue, marking pen, toothpicks for gluing
Fold the off-white scrapbook cardstock in half on the diagonal, making sure the red foil heart will fit on the folded part. Adjust fold, if necessary. With tacky craft glue, adhere foil heart to the cardstock along the fold leaving a 1/2-inch margin. Allow to dry. With the cardstock folded, trim around foil heart using paper crafting scissors leaving a 1/2-inch margin, as shown.
Using decoupage scissors, cut the small heart design, or similar motif, to make pocket. With tacky glue, attach bottom half of pocket to foil heart (glue around the bottom half) and allow to dry completely. Starting at the center top, glue sequin trim around the large foil heart as shown. Do the same for the poket, as shown. Allow to dry.
From the Valentine scrapbook paper, use small decoupage scissors to cut out four or five various Valentine designs.
For the insert, fold the red scrapbook paper as previously; trim to fit inside the off-white heart with paper crafting scissors leaving a 1/2-inch margin. With marking pen, write sentiment--we chose "Be my Valentine!". Glue insert along folded edge and insert into off-white card. Allow to dry.
Insert vintage Valentine cut-outs into heart pocket.
Valentine and Sons of Dundee were once Scotland’s most successful commercial photographers. In 1907, at the height of the postcard revolution, the photographs they published showed scenes from around the world. Often regarded as only postcard publishers, Valentines produced images in various formats including fine early photographic prints.
The Valentine company was founded in Dundee by James’s father, John Valentine, in 1825. After learning the daguerreotype process in Paris in the late 1840s, James added portrait photography to the family business in 1851. By the 1860s the company had begun to cater to the growing tourist industry by producing photographic prints with views from around the country. After James’s death in 1880, his son William Dobson took over the ever-expanding business.
Valentine & Sons printed its first postcards in 1898. Canadian production began between 1903 and 1906 with offices established first in Montreal and then Toronto. The earliest Canadian postcards published by Valentine and Sons were monotone black, collotype views showing the scenery along the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway north of Lake Superior and in the Rocky Mountains.
At Valentine’s the greeting card gradually replaced the picture postcard. What remained of a card making empire was sold to Hallmark Cards Inc. in 1980.
I read your query with interest. On the face of it, your hypothesis seems to hold water. Since the earliest cards (100s, 101s) appeared in 1905 and 1906, it’s pretty much impossible to invalidate your theory based solely on postmarks. But, I’m afraid that’s where it ends. I’ll quote a few examples ( there are literally dozens) that don’t fit your template.
First, there’s #104,618 Y.M.C.A., St. John, N.B., which, using your formula, would be the 618th photo from 1904. However, the original photo was taken by Isaac Erb in October of 1908.
Next is #107,377 No. 1 Hook and Ladder Truck and Company, St. John, N.B. Erb took this photo in June of 1911.
Finally, #112,052 Atlantic Sugar Refinery, St. John, N.B. This refinery wasn’t built until 1915.
Additionally, what year would one assign to the 600 series? And, #100,000 Halifax from George’s Island, would pose its own special problem.
My own theory about the numbering system is this. Prior to 1905, reps from Valentine & Sons began visiting cities and towns across the country, buying up large batches of photos which were taken back to Great Britain and used to produce the postcards we cherish today. Numbers were given to the cards, probably in more or less chronological order. Often times, larger communities were assigned blocks of 10, 15, 20 or more consecutive numbers. This process continued through World War I, and perhaps a bit longer.
After that, it wasn’t long before the white-bordered era began. Unfortunately, Valentine, no doubt to cut costs, resorted to reprinting several earlier views, which by that time were twenty years old or more. Still, happily, many new views were printed under the Valentine-Black banner, most bearing numbers from the 113, 114, and 115 series. In the mid to late 1930s, production dwindled and had nearly ground to a halt by the outbreak of World War II.
I have a suspicion that the code on the regular series Canadian cards represent the date of the photograph: 100 001 representing the first photograph from 1900; 104 978 representing the 978th photo from 1904. From an admittedly small sampling, I cannot find a Valentines card whose postmarked year is earlier than the code “date”. I wonder if Mr. Donald Collins, in his excellent and vast collection, is able to locate a card that would invalidate this hypothesis? (e.g., can he find a card in the 115 series that is earlier that 1915?). Regards, Dennis Blake
I have done extensive research on Valentine & Sons cards from my area (Saint John, N.B.), including earliest postmarks for the various series. Your card would have been issued c.1912-1914, although the actual view may be earlier
I’m quite sure that your postcard was published by the Valentine and Son Company. I did some Googling and the two links below have a fairly good biography of the company. I also Googled Corby Park and learned that it was established in 1905. This fact, along with the knowledge that Valentine’s was in it’s prime in the early 1900′s would suggest that your postcard is from this era. The view on the card should also provide you with a time line. In this respect, perhaps the local Historical Society in Belleville could help you with your question.
Failing that, come to our Annual Postcard Show February 8th, 2009 at the Humber College Campus. (more info on our web site) You’ll find many knowledgeable collectors and dealers there and possibly another of these cards that’s been postally used that would verify the publication date more narrowly.
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