Chloe Preston - Page 2

I'm hopin' mighty hard it's true, That you like ME like I like YOU! Be My Valentine!

4" x 2 7/8"
uncertain of date
Flat
marked: 25 cv1-6
no other publisher marks
card seems more recent than others I have, but characters do seem very much like hers. I am not sure if this is someone copying her style or if this truly is Ms. Preston's work.

Why dan't someone ask someone to be My Valentine.

9 5/8" 7 7/8"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Dimensional with Paper Puff
"dan't" is not a typo, it is the word used
Figure in a tree with lanterns above a Couple

Valentine Greetings ~ To My Valentine In these Blue Forget-Me-Nots, In these Roses too, Read the message Fond and True From my Faithful Heart to you

5 1/4" x 4 7/8"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Dimensional with Honeycomb
Girl and Dog at Fountain

To My Valentine  There may other smiles as sweet And other eyes that brightly shine But none for me can ever be So bright so sweet so dear as thine.

5" x 4 1/8"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Dimensional
Girl with heart by Paper-puff Pillar

To my Valentine In these Blue Forget-Me-Nots, In these Roses too, Read the message Fond and True From my Faithful Heart to you.

7 1/4" x 7 1/4"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Dimensional with Honeycomb Paper
Couple with Umbrellas

Kind and Tender, Fond and True I will always be to you.

8 1/4" x 6 3/4"
dated 1924
Dimensional
Tunnel of Love

To My Valentine.  This little card I Send to you, To tell you I Continue true.

4 3/4" x 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Dimensional
Girl with Doll in Front of Fireplace

To My Valentine  My heart is red Your eyes are blue My love for you Sweet and True.

9 7/8" x 7 3/4"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Dimensional with Paperpuff
Smoking Man in the Moon with Couple and Dog and Cat below

Preston's cards are made in Germany and feature embossing.  Small tags of text are frequently attached to the paper-puff.  Figures are often accompanied by distinctive cats and dogs.  Her birds are also very characteristic and are regularly included in the rich detailing she creates in her scenes.


You'll find some of the same figures repeated in pull-downs and as walker cards.  Most of the cards I've found that have been hand-dated or in date-stamped envelopes bear dates from the 1920s, with a few from the late 1910s.  As noted on page 1 of Cloe Preston, her cards never bear her signature so they can only be identified via her style of illustration and the type of cards she was fond of creating.

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Cars and Vehicles - The Romance of the Backseat- Oo La La!

To My Dear One.

4 7/8" x 3 3/4"
circa 1920s, 1930s
Mechanical Flat
marked: Made in Germany
no other publisher's marks

 Dear Valentine Am I on the RIGHT TRAIL for you?

6" x 4 1/2"
circa 1930s, 1940s
Mechanical Flat
made in USA

 Valentine - I'd like to make a little SPEED with you!

7 1/2" x 4 1/8"
dated 1958
Mechanical Flat
marked: 0-942/4
litho in USA

 To My Valentine

4 1/2" x 3 1/8"
dated 1932
Flat with Easel Stand

 Park here if you're looking for a sweet valentine.

5 1/4" x 4 1/8"
dated 1928
Roadside stand with Tonic-Cream Banner
Stand-Up

 To My Sweetheart.

2 3/8" x 5 1/2" flat
1920s
Standing Fold Out

 STEP ON IT and show a little SPEED Dear Valentine

3 1/8" x 5 1/8"
circa 1930s
mechanical flat
Blonde behind the wheel swings from side to side

 Valentine You won't have to take a BACK SEAT for anyone if you'll be mine

7" x 4 1/4"
circa 1930s, 1940s
Flat
marked: C CO P-523
Blue and Silver Bus with Uniformed driver and Passenger in the Back

 ME-4U ~ If I had a VALENTINE like you I'd TRAILER all around.

4 3/8" x 7"
circa 1930s, 1940s
Marked P-523
C CO
made in USA

 You AUTO care for me with un-TIRE-ing devotion my Valentine.

5 1/2" x 7 1/2"
circa 1950s
made by A-Meri-Card
marked 'P-178' on the back

 To Someone Nice, Your Valentine, Just for You ~ Look at this Valentine, Read it Through, Then you will know Who's thinking of You.

French-Fold
circa 1940s

 Please PUT-PUT-PUT me in your Heart! My Love.

made in USA
circa 1950s

 You're my VALENTINE
You AUTO know it

5 3/4" x 3 1/8"
maker unknown

 Valentine Greetings

5 3/8" x 2 3/4" flat
circa 1920s
Standing Fold-Out
made in Germany
marked: 8212

 Loving Greetings.

4 1/2" x 2 3/4"
circa 1910s, 1920s
Flat with Easel Stand

To My Valentine.

Tour Bus
5 1/8" x 3 1/2"
circa 1920s/1930s
made in Germany

My Dear Sweetheart.

Antique Auto
4 1/4" x 3"
with stand on back
circa 1920s
made in GERMANY


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