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The cliche ideas of Valentine’s Day the roses, chocolates, and construction paper cards are not what this collection is about. The history of Valentine s cards is rich: they are the love letters of culture’s past.
By Staff Reports
For The Ledger
NEW CASTLE – Arts & Education at the Hoyt is celebrating the season of love with an exhibition of vintage Valentines at The Confluence, 214 East Washington St., starting this week.
Vintage Valentines are not only beautiful but offer valuable insight into the values and fashions of bygone eras. While the Hoyt’s collection of printed love notes spans the late teens through the 1930s, the history of Valentine cards dates back to the Middle Ages. In fact, the first known Valentine was written by Charles Duke of Orleans to his wife while imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1415.