From Deseret News archives:
Heart to heart Tradition of sending valentines has evolved throughout the years
The museum has some hand-cut paper pioneer valentines, one "cut by Clarissa Wilcox Muling at the age of 84." They have some early Victorian lace designs, but most of the collection comes from around the 1900s to the 1920s.
Among Menna's favorites are those with moving parts: a tissue honeycomb that folds down; a pendulum that swings; a chicken that bends down to eat the grain. "They are awfully cute," she says.
It is sometimes hard to tell exactly when valentines were made, says Nyal Anderson, at the Beehive Collector's Gallery, located at 368 E. Broadway (533-0119).
Most of them are unsigned as to artist or printer, so, he says, you have to look for clues in the style and the attire.
"Some of the illustrators who were making post cards also made valentines," says Anderson, but a lot of them don't have the names.
Old valentines are popular collectibles, he says, because they are still fairly inexpensive. Valentines in his shop range from $2 for the smaller ones to $25 for the larger, more elaborate ones.
Some people now buy the old valentines to give to their friends and sweethearts. They're better than many of the cheap valentines you get today, he says.
Generally, the artwork was simple and the verses insulting. "Great Mouth But Little Brain" said one with a picture of a wide-mouthed, pointy-headed man. The verse proclaimed:
You seem to have been constructed
On a very curious plan,
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