20 Vintage Valentine's Day Cards

Nothing says ‘I love you’ more than a child in an aeroplane in a WW2 leather jacket making a bad pun . . . 

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. . . unless it’s a piece of heavy heart artillery with another bad pun. I'm gunner let this one through to the keeper.

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She's mine! All mine! And there's a label to prove it!

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Not sure what to make of this one. The figure on the left appears to be an angel of indeterminate gender, offering a heart to a provocatively dressed female, with flowers and some other strange objects on the table. Weird.

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Cupid has been hard at work and is now relaxing with feet soaking in a hot tub and a cup of soup(?). But is that a bottle of Scotch or of oil on the chair?

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Another child card. Why do vintage Valentine's Day cards so often feature children when it's the love of adults that is the focus? Plus another bad pun.

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I love you “waffley” much???? It doesn’t even make sense. Plus the little girl looks like a dog.

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At least this one doesn’t have a cutesy child but the wordplay remains. Are we having pun yet? (Sorry, couldn’t resist it.)

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WTF?

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Is there some law of the universe that says Valentine’s Day cards must be weird? The poem from the parrot to the little girl doesn’t even rhyme.

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Want to go to Paris with the cat and I as space mates? Just get your own gold fish bowl.

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Just totally creepy, nothing more needs to be said. Would you give this to the object of your affection?

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And this was considered okay back then?

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Or this?

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Another incredibly racist card.

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The concept of being fried together is almost as off as the puns. Eggsactly!!

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Is this the first lesbian Valentine’s Day card? Or first menage a trois card?

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Four frightened children sitting on a tree branch . . . a real symbol of love.

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If this doesn't get you a legover, nothing will.