Loving Large - ELEPHANTS!

 I could live in a TRUNK with you, My Valentine.

4 7/8" x 3 1/8"
dated 1940
Flat

If you'll be my Valentine It'll take a Trunk Load off my Mind

3 3/4" x 4 1/2"
circa 1950s
Eyes and Hat Move
Mechanical Flat
made in USA

You are the BIGGEST thing in my life.

It's a Valentine, honey - from somebody true, Enclosing a trunkful of sweetness for you! 

7 3/8" x 4 5/8"
circa 1930s/1940s
likely a Charles Twelvetrees

I'm learning to like you in a BIG WAY valentine!

3 1/4" x 5 3/8"
circa 1930s/1940s
made in USA
likely a Charles Twelvetrees
 

A Valentine Hello ~ A little Valentine Hello for someone mighty sweet to Know!

5 3/8" x 4 1/4" (8 3/8" open)
dated 1948
by Hallmark

For my Valentine.

circa 1920s, 1930s
mechanical
made in Germany

Just wonderin' If ya Love me, Valentine.
(on back) Now here is proof that I am wise And really very clever I want you for my Valentine Forever and Forever

3" x 4"
1930s
Flat
made in USA
by Carrington
'A' in tree logo

 You really have me SPINNING, Valentine I like you a lot.

2 7/8" x 4"
circa 1950s, 1960s
Flat
made in USA
marked: K-720-15

 Hi! I want you TUB be my Valentine.

1 3/4" x 3 7/8"
circa 1950s, 1960s
Flat
made in USA

Horse Play - Horses, Mules and Donkeys

With Loads of Love.

6" x 6 5/8"
circa 1910s, 1920s
mechanical flat
Sam Gabriel Co
(trade mark G)

Yippee! I have come to claim you for my Valentine.

3 3/4" x 5"
dated 1943 
 Mechanical Flat
 made in USA
Rider's Eyes and Hat Move

Don't be STUBBORN - Be My Valentine.

2 3/4" x 3 3/8"
circa 1950s, 1960s
Flat
made in USA
by Hallmark

I'm all EARS to hear you say, you're My Valentine.

3 3/4" x 4"
circa 1920s, 1930s
Flat
Donkey in a Suit
made in USA

My heart is yours my Valentine.

3 7/8" x 4 1/4"
circa 1930s
Mechanical Flat
Trick Rider on a Bucking Horse
marked: made in Germany

Valentine Greetings.

1 3/4" x 3"
with stand on back
circa 1920s
Rider on a Bucking Donkey
made in GERMANY

A Valentine for a Dear Granddaughter

8 1/2" x 6 5/8"
dated 1946
made by Hallmark
Large Card with Horse and Flower Cart
marked Hall Brothers
25 v 680-6

Neigh! This isn't just HORSE PLAY. Please ~ BE MY VALENTINE!

Flat
made in USA
circa 1930s, 1940s

Hey ~ Quit HORSING Around Be My Valentine.

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Standing Fold-Out
circa 1950s, 1960s
made in USA
marked: 755/7

Amoozin Valentine - LIL' Abner by Al Capp

Valentine Greetings!
I hain't th' same no time, no place --
Sence love has kicked me in th' face!

Lil' Abner Valentine featuring Daisy Mae Scrugg
Alfred Gerald Caplin aka Al Capp
4 7/8" x 3 7/8" (4 7/8" x 7 5/8" opened)
made in USA
by Hallmark
dated 1946
United Feature Syndicate, Inc

May be part of a series

Al Capp got his professional start working for United Press as a syndicated cartoonist in the early 1930s.  He went on to work on Joe Palooka for Ham Fisher until he launched Lil Abner in 1934.

Capp used the frames of Lil Abner to parody other cartoons as well as celebrities and politicians of the day.   While figures like Frank Sinatra were amused by their depiction in the cartoon (as Hal Fascinatra) others like Liberace (Loverboynik) and Joan Baez (Joanie Phoanie) were less than thrilled.

To Mah Valentine! Today Ah ain't bashful 'cause Ah's got a "S'prise" so take a good "whiff" while Ah starts "makin' eyes"!

5 1/2" x 6"
circa 1940s
Fold-Out
marked: made in USA
no other publisher's marks

Another of Capp's characters, Schmoo can be found on a host of merchandise.  He also created the Kigmies, Nogoodniks (the bad Schmoos) and Bad Iggle.

Capp was a larger than life character himself, opinionated and contradictory.  He carried on feuds both real (with Ham Fisher) and imaginary (with Allen Saunders, creator of Mary Worth).  His influence over the field of cartooning is undeniable.