In honour of Valentine’s Day, this blog post features some archival material about love and Valentine’s Day. When it comes to love and archives, we often think of love letters or diary entries, but our archives does not currently have such materials in its holdings.
However, we did find some interesting material on love.
Valentine’s Cards
These Valentines cards were circulated in Saskatchewan and date to the 1930s.
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| I.1364 |
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| I.1364 |
Unwanted Love
This prayer card expresses a woman’s unhappiness in a new marriage.
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| Back of Prayer card - Mary Callihoo fonds, 1985.48.05 |
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| Front of Prayer card - Mary Callihoo fonds, | 1985.48.05 |
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Dating
In the early 1900s, dating was more frequently referred to as courting, and it seems to have involved a ride in a horse drawn carriage.
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| George Loiselle and Bernadette Hébert courting, 1908, 2003.01.1583 |
Wedding Fashion
The Musée Héritage Museum Archives holds numerous wedding photographs from early families in St. Albert.
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| Unidentified couple, 1800s, 2011.03 |
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| George Loiselle and Bernadette Hébert wedding, Oct. 12, 1909, 2003.01.1582 |
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| Philippe Sevigny and Lillie Morasse wedding, 1912, 2003.01.1652 | | |
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| William Soetaert and Florence Durocher wedding, Dec. 27, 1938, 2003.01.1450 |
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| Sommers' wedding, June 25, 1943, 2003.01.1239 |
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ReplyDeleteWow. Just trying to find pictures of my relatives, and this page showed up. I am a Soetaert, and seeing the picture of William Soetaert and his bride Florence, made me wonder who they are. Being so recent, in relative terms, I am going to start some digging, thank you!
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