Victorian Flirtation Cards

Victorian Flirtation Cards

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 489 , Segment 6

Partisanship, Fast Food Wrappers, Valentines

Episode: Partisanship, Fast Food Wrappers, Valentines

  • Feb 15, 2017
  • 17:04 mins

Guest: Barbara Rusch, expert in ephemera from the Victorian era and an avid collector If your Valentine’s Day celebrations included sending someone a text full of emoji hearts and the smiley face with heart eyes, be glad you weren’t an amorous youth during the Victoria-Era America. All of their flirting had to happen under the watchful eye of a parent or chaperone and it was all so proper and reserved. But young people had their methods, including the exchange of flirtatious little cards in secret.