The Best Hearts Are Crunchy: You're a Good Skate!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

You're a Good Skate! - Guest Heart Thursday

This is another Valentine's Day Card made in the USA, sometime in the late 1930's. It seems to have been well-loved. I love the outfit the little girl wears--short dress, bloomers, matching anklets and Mary Jane skates. I'm sure that little boy with his sailor shirt, blue shorts and matching socks, is showing off a bit for his small lady love.

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.

5 comments:

Clytie said...: So cute and funny! It almost seems like he's running (skating) away and she's intent on catching him - look at that intent look on her face!!!; May 5, 2011 at 5:49 PM
Scrappy Grams said...: He has a running start! cute!; May 5, 2011 at 8:41 PM
Inger-M said...: I love that cute Valentine card!; May 6, 2011 at 7:21 AM
Dani said...: nice one, Beth; May 7, 2011 at 6:07 AM
Canada said...: I found your blog Monday and started follow your posts religiously. I have not commented on any blog just yet but I was thinking I would like to. It's pretty exciting to actually contribute to an article even if it's only a blog. I really don't know exactly what to say other than I genuinely enjoyed reading through 3 of the articles. Nice articles indeed. I sure will keep visiting your blog regularly. I learned quite a bit from you. Thx!; May 14, 2011 at 1:13 AM

Hearts and Flowers

I have collected vintage cards, fairytale books, postcards, old photos and art pieces since I was a small girl.

Even before I could read, I spent hours looking at old cards, coloring books and illustrations in my fairytale story books. I am sure my love for art and even my own drawing stylings came from my fascination with them.

Mail was so rare, I saved every card and letter I received as a child. Some of those nostalgic items will be shared on this blog.

Quite a few of the vintage pieces I have collected reflect the life and times of history itself. The cards, postcards, antique photos and art from my collection are dated from the late 1800's, through WW2. Many of these old cards come from our darling little Grandmother Jenny. I have also included some items from the early 1950's which were given to me by my precious Gramma Gladys and dearest Nita.

In a very real way, this Blog is my way of honoring these marvelous inspiring artists and the ongoing influence they've had in my life.

I hope you will enjoy the beauty, tremendous skill and sometimes whimsical work of these long-gone artists as much as I have over the years.

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If you know any historical information concerning these cards, photos and postcards, I would LOVE to hear from you.

Some of the images in my "Cyber" collection are from CardCow. A big Thank you to Eric Larson for his permission to use them!

Copyright Questions

Artwork including cards, postcards, illustrations, etc., printed before 1930 are no longer copyrighted, but are under Public Domain. However even then, there are lots of gray areas concerning what is Public Domain and what is not.

Scans of public domain images do not generate new copyrights—they merely inherit the copyright status of the image being reproduced. In other words, if something is public domain and is scanned--it remains in the public domain.
See Bridgeman v. Corel.

An individual can claim copyright over a piece of public domain artwork
ONLY if it has been uniquely altered in some fashion.

If you have further questions concerning copyright law, here are some
helpful links: [link] [link] [link]

Thursday, May 5, 2011

You're a Good Skate! - Guest Heart Thursday

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