Artist - Ruth Welch Siver

To my Valentine ~ It's a shame to spoil a pretty face Like that with tears I say, And if you'll be my Valentine I'll wipe them all away!

4 1/8" x 4 3/4"
circa 1920s
Flat with Fold Out Stand
marked: Made in USA
Signed Ruth Welch Siver

To my Valentine ~ Will you be my Valentine? I promise to adore you And to prove to you I mean it too, I'm on my knees before you!

3" x 4"
circa 1920s
Single Fold
marked: Made in USA
Signed Ruth Welch Siver

We have been unable to find any information so far on Ruth Welch Siver. Our cards bearing this name are all marked "Made in USA" and are on good quality paper. There are no other publisher's marks. The name does appear to be "Siver" on these signed cards, but is often written as Ruth Welch Silver when the cards pop up on Etsy, Ebay, etc.

The cards appear to be from the 1910s and 1920s, possibly early 1930s. Siver created many "Kewpie" style figures, very similar to Rose O'Neill's characters, as well as the figures seen in our cards here, that are similar to some of Charles Twelvetrees' work.

Valentine Valentine Postcards

To My Valentine.

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"
circa 1910s  
marked: EAS
E. A. Schwerdtfeger
made in Germany
Embossed

To My Valentine ~ My Heart is Yours.

6 3/8" x 3 3/8"
circa 1910s 
  Postcard
   Divided Back
 marked 6720

Bonzo the Dog - George Studdy

It's the same old time will you be my Valentine?

6 1/2" x 7 1/8"
circa 1920s, 1930s
marked: Printed in Germany
Mechanical Flat

I've got you for My Valentine

3 1/8" x 5 1/4"
circa 1920s
made in Germany
Cat holding a small dog that looks like George E. Studdy's Bonzo character
Flat with easel stand on the back

Bonzo the dog was created by George Studdy in 1922. The character was very popular and was featured in a wide variety of merchandise from candy tins and chocolate molds, to stuffed toys, pins, perfume bottles and paper goods. He was one of the earliest cartoon characters, sometimes appearing with a cat named Ooloo. A headphone-wearing version of him known as the Crosley Pup became the face of an affordable AM radio created by Powell Crosley Jr in 1925.

There are an enormous amount of postcards to collect, with an unknown amount of die-cut valentines too. For the truly obsessed there is even a possible soundtrack for your Bonzo-hunting in 1960's The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.