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1 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1910.Transcendental Graphics—Getty Images -
2 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1930.LCDM Universal History Archive—Getty Images -
3 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1920.Popperfoto—Getty Images -
4 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1910.Buyenlarge—Getty Images -
5 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1900.Popperfoto—Getty Images -
6 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1935.ullstein bild—Getty Images -
7 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1906.Kean Collection/Archive Photos—Getty Images -
8 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1909.Kean Collection/Archive Photos—Getty Images -
9 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1915.Education Image/UIG—Getty Images -
10 of 10Vintage Valentine's Day card circa 1907.GraphicaArtis—Getty Images
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.
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