Even MORE Vintage Valentines! (1950s, 1960s, & 1970s)

Just when I thought I had come to the end of my vintage Valentine collection, I found some more!  In the past, I have posted my mom's childhood Valentines, as well as some of my own.  The cards in this particular batch, belonged to both my mom and my dad.  We'll start with the newest ones, and work backwards in time.

My brother and I gave this one to my dad, in the early 1970s.  It was manufactured by "Laurel Cards."

My mom was an elementary school teacher, and one of her students gave her this Buzza Cardozo (of Anaheim, California) card, in the 1970s.

The card was from "Mark."  I wonder where Mark is, today?

Also from the 1970s (even though it has MCMLXIV printed on it), is this Winnie the Pooh Valentine that I gave to my mom.  I picked this one out of a box of Disney Valentines, which were also given out to my classmates on Valentine's Day.

Here's a card by Laurel®, from the 1960s.  This one was given to my dad, by my brother.

The card has three connected panels that unfold.

This 1960s Norcross card was given to my mom and dad, by my dad's sister.

And this Gibson card was given to my mom, by my dad.  I don't have an exact date for it, but they were married from 1960 to 1969, so it would have to be from the 1960s.

My mom gave this Norcross card to my dad.  Since they had met and dated for a year in Germany (during the time that my dad was in the Army, and my mom was working for the Army), this card was very appropriate.

Speaking of "cuckoos," while my mom was working in Berlin, she purchased four cuckoo clocks as gifts for various family members.  Sadly, as those family members have passed away, I have ended up with all of those cuckoo clocks.  :-(

Here's a Hallmark Valentine that my dad received while he was in the Army, and stationed in Berlin.  It was from his friend, "Lila Jean," and the envelope was postmarked, 1960.

This is another Hallmark Valentine, and was also sent to my Dad while he was stationed in Berlin.  This was from another friend, "Lois," and also had a postmark of 1960.

This American Greetings Corporation card was sent to my dad in 1959.  He was in the Army at that time, but he was at Fort Dix in New Jersey, and was going to be "shipping out" for Berlin in about four days.  The dark reddish areas are "flocked."

"Marty" (short for Martha), was a close friend of my dad's.  She, along with Lila Jean and Lois, were all in the same church youth group with my dad.

Marty also sent him this second Valentine (by Norcross), which was postmarked just one day after the previous one.  The faint diagonal lines are from where the glue on the envelope bled through to the card.

Here's another one from Lois, but from a different year.  There was no postmark on it.  The envelope only had my dad's name written on it, so I assume this was hand-delivered, and given to him prior to his going into the Army (pre-1959).  I'm not even sure that it was intended to be a Valentine, since it doesn't actually use the term, "Valentine."  However, with all of those hearts and the red and pink colors, I'm guessing it could have been.  The maker of this card was, Forget-Me-Not^®.

When opened, this card is very long, and very skinny.

I hope everyone enjoyed another batch of vintage Valentine's cards.  I believe that I've now come to the end of the truly vintage ones.  I have some from the 1990s and later, but I hope those can't be considered "vintage" yet!  I'll have to go through them and see if there are any worth posting in the future.  Maybe in another 10 or 20 years, they will be interesting enough (and vintage enough) to post?  ;-)

****UPDATE****

I decided to share two more of my dad's photos, which he took during his time at McNair Barracks, in Berlin.  To see more of his vintage U.S. Army photos, check out my Veteran's Day post from November of 2024.  These pics were taken on the base, inside the All American Club (where my mom worked as a recreation director).  The club used to have many "theme nights," and this was "Blind Date" night.

These photos are from 1960, but I'm not 100 percent sure this event was for Valentine's Day.  Since the decorations include Cupid and a heart with an arrow through it, I will just assume that it was Valentine's Day.  I only know the name of one person in this photo.  The guy second from the right, was Private "Scruggs."  The young women were local German residents, which the club directors used to invite onto the base for some of the club's dances, shows, and theme nights.

This appears to be the only other photo that my dad took that night.  This soldier was a very good friend of his.