Sometimes I forget to post Valentine's Day ephemera during that special week in February. So here's a special Labor Day weekend post in honor of that hearts-and-Cupid-filled holiday.
This undated, never-used postcard was printed in England and is part of the Davidson Bros.' Real Photographic Series. The Davidson Brothers were only in business from 1901 to 1911, according to MetroPostcard.com, so that lets us know which decade this postcard is from.
The caption of this postcard featuring some way-too-young sweethearts states:
I am consumed by Love's most mighty flame.
Nor will this fire that's burning ever wane.
Somewhat amazingly, neither of those last two sentences return any results in a Google search. I figured they were from some run-of-the-mill 19th century poem or that, at the very least, some other website would have already documented this verse. No such luck.
And when I did a Google reverse image search for this postcard, the first result was an Ed Sheeran music video, so I think I'll just quit while I'm ahead.
If you have a hankering for more Valentine's Day posts, click on the label at the bottom of this post.
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