![Volksbräuche, Amerika Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1935.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-06.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
By Liz Ronk and Lily Rothman
Though light-up letters and emailed cards may be recent inventions, the Valentine’s Day card is a long-standing tradition. Case in point: these—sometimes odd—Valentine’s Day cards from the early 20th century. Read more about the history of Valentine’s Day here.
![An Old-Fashioned Valentine's Day Card Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1910.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Listen Dear Heart Valentine Postcard. ca. 1895-1920, Listen Dear Heart Valentine Postcard Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1930.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Valentine Greeting Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1920.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![To My Valentine" Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1910.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Valentine Greetings Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1900.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Volksbräuche, Amerika Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1935.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Caught With The Goods On Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1906.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![To My Valentine Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1909.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Vintage Valentine's Day postcard depicting a large man in a blue pinstriped suit with a red vest. Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1915.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Valentine Clown Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1907.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160211-vintage-valentines-day-cards-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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