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Postcard featuring a color illustration of a girl dressed as a nurse bringing something on a tray to a boy sitting in a chair.

The Young at Heart

February 14, 2018 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ A gallery of WWI era postcards from the Zwerdling Postcard Collection.

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A Valentine Message

A Valentine Message

February 13, 2015 Circulating Now

This valentine is postmarked 1913, the year the newly founded Hall Brothers (now Hallmark) first offered Valentines for sale.

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A 15th century engraving depicting an indiginous south american handing a box marked Inda Chocolata to Posidan , standing on a chariot in the sea.

A Chocolate Valentine

February 14, 2014 Circulating Now

By Michael J. North ~ Chocolate for Valentine’s Day shows affection, but chocolate also has a history as a medicine.

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