Boats, Canoes, Lighthouses

Love one another but make not a bond of love: rather let it be a moving sea between the shores of your souls ~ Kahlil Gibran

"Ahoy Mate"  Be My Valentine?

2 7/8" x 5 1/2"
circa 1950s, 1960s
Flat
Duck in a Boat
marked: 757/21
made in U.S.A.

Ahoy Valentine I'm ALL AT SEA with a raft built for two - Here's hoping a good wind will BLOW ME TO YOU!

 5 1/2" x 7"
circa 1940s
Mechanical Flat
marked: Made in U.S.A.
no other publisher's marks

To My Valentine.

4 1/4" x 3 1/4"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Flat with Easel Stand
marked: Printed in Germany

I Love you - I would sail the ocean blue Sweetheart just to be with you.

3" x 5 1/8"
circa 1930s, 1940s
Mechanical Flat
made in USA

My Love - I can SEA You as My Dear Valentine.

3 7/8" x 4 7/8"
circa 1950s, 1960s
Folded
with silver glitter detailing

 

My Valentine - I'd like to SAIL into you heart.

4 3/8" x 2"
circa 1950s
Flat
marked: x-602/2

I couldn't SKIP-per date like this, for a Valentine like you.

5" x 6 3/8"
1930s
Fold-Out
made in USA

Ship With Me

4 3/8" x 4"
circa 1920s, 1930s
Flat
embossed detailing
 no publisher's marks

Valentine Greetings Searching for Romance

4 3/4" x 2 1/2"
dated 1935
Mechanical Flat
made in Germany

I'm H'anchor'ing for you, Valentine ~ I've an ocean of Love All for you, Valentine And you'd ought to come in - 'Cause the water's just fine!

3 3/4" x 5 3/8"
circa 1930s, 1940s
with attached metal anchor charm
French Fold
made in USA
by Gibson Brothers
marked: GB (in rectangle logo) 8428 on the back

I'm looking for my Valentine

7" x 3 3/4"
circa 1930s
mechanical card 
Lithograph by Stecher
marked '21'
made in USA

I'm all at sea Won't you be my Valentine?

5 1/4" x 5 3/4"
circa 1940s
mechanical card
made in USA

I ad-OAR you, My Valentine ~ So don't take the wind out of my sails. Be Mine!

3 1/2" x 4 1/4" (4 1/2" x 6 3/4" opened)
circa 1940s
by Doubl-Glo
Modified French Fold
made in USA

I'm PUT-PUT-PUTTING Myself Right into Your Heart Valentine!

circa 1950s, 1960s
5 5/8" x 3 1/8"
marked: P-917/4 Litho in U.S.A.

You're MOTOR me than I can say, Valentine.

circa 1930s, 1940s
made in USA

 When you're looking for a Valentine Don't SKIP the SKIPPER.

6 5/8" x 5 1/4"
circa 1940s/1950s
by Carrington
marked 'E' in tree logo

There is lots of room for two
Can't I speed away with you
If your idea's the same as mine
why not be my valentine.

3 5/8" x 3" (3" x 6 3/8" open)
circa 1930s

Loving Thoughts

3 5/8" x 2 3/4"
circa 1930s
 Mechanical Flat
marked: made in Germany

To my Valentine.

6 1/8" x 5 7/8"
circa 1920s/1930s
likely an unsigned Charles Twelvetrees
made in GERMANY

To my Valentine.

3 1/4" x 3 3/4"
circa 1920s
made in GERMANY

You're my Sweetheart in Every Port.

2 1/2" x 3 5/8"
circa 1920s
Flat
printed in Germany

Sailor beware I want you for mine So row off with me my Valentine.

6 5/8" x 4 1/2"
circa 1920s
Fold-Out
made in USA

Yes Sir! Blow Me Down I'll be all AT SEA without You My Valentine.

3" x 4"
circa 1930s, 1940s 
Mechanical Flat
 made in USA

So Help Me! I've gone OVERBOARD Valentine for You. 

7 3/8" x 3 3/4"
circa 1950s, 1960s 
  Fold-Out
  made in USA

You've got a lot of PULL with me Valentine!

 3 5/8" x 3 1/2"
circa 1950s
Flat
Marked: X-5544
Made in USA
by A-Meri-Card

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See also our pages on  Pirates and Sailors

Smoking or Non-Smoking: Some Fishy Valentines and Other Ocean Creatures

Don't be an old CRAB. Let's be Valentines.

4" x 1 1/2"
circa 1950s, 1960s
   Flat
    marked: made in U.S.A.
no other publisher's marks

My Valentine I feel like a FISH out of water When I'm away from YOU.

3" x 5 1/2"
1930s
Mechanical Flat
made in USA

Valentine ~ It may sound FISHY but I'm in the SWIM to win you.

3 1/2" x 4 1/8"
Made in USA
Mechanical Flat
circa 1930s, 1940s

Please don't BAIT me Valentine!
To LAND me you won't need a hook, line or sinker - All I want is affection - Start usin' your thinker!

3" x 4 1/8"
circa 1940s
made in USA

We could have a WHALE of fun together Valentine!

Figure Rides a Whale
Flat
circa 1950s

Just Fishing for a valentine!

A Kitten Watches a Goldfish in a Fishbowl
flat 
circa 1960s

Angling for Love: Fishing

All the romance of fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish - Harold F Blaisdell

My Valentine You got me Hook Line and Sinker  

3 3/8" x 3 3/4"
circa 1950s
Flat
marked: A-Meri-Card
Made in U.S.A.
110

What a CATCH I'd be if you'd care for me Valentine.

7" x 3 5/8"
circa 1950s
Flat
marked: made in U.S.A.
no other publisher's marks

To My Sweetheart.

3 1/4" x 3 5/8"
circa 1920s, 1930s  
  Flat
   marked: Printed in Germany

To My Valentine Some Catch

2 1/2" x 2 5/8"
circa 1920s, 1930s
Flat
by Carrington
H in circle (older logo that also appears along with the better know tree silhouette on some cards)

 Be My of-FISH-ial Valentine.

3 3/4" x 4 1/4"
circa 1920s
Flat with Embossed Detailing

My Valentine If wishes were fishes I'd wish for YOU!

3" x 4 5/8"
circa 1950s
Mechanical Flat
A-Meri-Card
marked: P-189

I'm hungry for your heart My Valentine.

3 5/8" x 4 3/8"
circa 1920s/1930s
Standing Pop-Out with Easel Stand

Made in Germany

Fishin' for a VALENTINE? I ain't been CAUGHT yet!

3 7/8" x 4 7/8"
circa 1950s
Flat

Marked: 1V P K-690-2

Wish you'd FALL for my line - be my Valentine.

3 1/4" x 3 5/8"

Dog Fishing for a Goldfish in a Fishbowl
circa 1950s, 1960s
Flat

PUPS you'll take the ANGLE that I'm LAZY Valentine - But chances are - I'll LAND you with this little LINE of mine!

2 3/4" x 3 7/8"
Dog hooks a heart on his fishing pole
circa 1940s
Flat
Made in USA

I'm Fishin' for your Heart, Valentine ~ So don't let me down! Be My Valentine!

3 1/2" x 4 5/8"
circa 1940s, 1950s
 French Fold
 made in USA
 by Doubl-Glo
 marked: P 1701-4

You're the one I'm trying to catch.

Featuring a small dog
circa 1920s, 1930s
 Standing Fold-Out