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Be Mine: Vintage Valentines and Expressions of Love

No matter how you choose to express your affection, find inspiration in our collections. From vintage valentines to love songs, our collections have heart.

Love letter

Valentine to Mary Henry

Woman Suffrage Postcard

Happy Valentine's Day

To My Valentine

Woman Suffrage Postcard

37c Candy Hearts single

Eero Saarinen letter to Aline B. (Aline Bernstein) Saarinen

8c Love single

Patti Warashina valentine to Robert Sperry

Untitled (Victorian Valentine)

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“I Love You in the Same Old Way”

Stamp with design of “Love” written in white ribbons against a red background

Forever Love Ribbons single

Hua'er Folksongs on Love and Longing

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To My Valentine

“Why Dost Thou Not Love Me?”

Greeting card

St. Valentine's Day--The Old Story in All Lands, from Harper's Weekly, February 22, 1868

Stamp with illustration of a hand, palm facing us with two middle fingers down and other fingers up

29c Hand signing "I Love You" single

“I Love You”

The Taj Mahal Was Really Built for Love

22c LOVE single

Ad Reinhardt Valentine to Selina Trieff

For You On St. Valentine's Day

“Sweet Italian Love”

52c Love single

To My Valentine

Beatrice Fenton letter to Marjorie Martinet

34c Love Letter single

Isamu Noguchi, New York, N.Y. letter to Andrée Ruellan, Paris, France

37c Love single

St. Valentine's Day, Forget Me Not

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