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Title: History of greeting cards
Post by: pinefamily on Tuesday 24 May 11 11:42 BST (UK)

Hi all,
Does anyone know anything about the history of greeting cards? I believe an ancestor was an illustrator for a card company (possibly Valentine's). This would have been in London in the early to mid 1800's.

Cheers,

Darren

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: gracie23 on Tuesday 24 May 11 11:46 BST (UK)

Hi Darren,
Here is an interesting site on greeting cards that mentions Valentine. Hope it helps you.
Deb



http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/history.htm

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: stanmapstone on Tuesday 24 May 11 16:33 BST (UK)

Quote from: gracie23 on Tuesday 24 May 11 11:46 BST (UK)

Hi Darren,
Here is an interesting site on greeting cards that mentions Valentine. Hope it helps you.
Deb



http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/history.htm

That link does not seem to work, try http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/vals.html
It should have html at the end  :)
Stan

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: gracie23 on Tuesday 24 May 11 16:36 BST (UK)

Oops! Sorry. ;D

This one should work.

Deb

http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/history.html

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: fifer1947 on Tuesday 24 May 11 18:58 BST (UK)

Or do you possibly mean the company Valentines of Dundee? 
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/valentines.html

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: pinefamily on Wednesday 25 May 11 08:28 BST (UK)

Thanks everyone for the quick responses.
If Valentine's were based in Dundee, I guess that rules them out. This ancestor lived in London, and I am told drew artwork for greeting cards.
That link to the greeting card museum was very interesting. Something we take for granted didn't start that long ago.

Darren

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: Beaver13 on Sunday 02 October 11 23:08 BST (UK)

Quote from: pinefamily on Tuesday 24 May 11 11:42 BST (UK)

Hi all,
Does anyone know anything about the history of greeting cards? I believe an ancestor was an illustrator for a card company (possibly Valentine's). This would have been in London in the early to mid 1800's.

Cheers,

Darren

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: Beaver13 on Sunday 02 October 11 23:24 BST (UK)

Hello Darren,

i have only just seen your message this evening.  I do have a history of the internationally known printers and publishers of greeting cards, Valentines of Dundee, that I published in 2008 and I think that you will find this of considerable interest as it was written by a former managing director of the company, James Harben Valentine.  Sadly it was never completed due, I believe either to his illness or death.  Even so, it provides an  excellent coverage of the firm's history up to that time.

I am attaching a PDF file which I hope that you will enjoy and prove of help.

With warm good wishes

David H J Schenck

Title: Re: History of greeting cards
Post by: pinefamily on Sunday 02 October 11 23:29 BST (UK)

Thank you David, I will sit down and and have a quiet read this afternoon.

Darren