Sunday, February 13, 2011

1938 Mechanical Snow White Valentine Card

Probably the most well-known of the vintage Snow White "mechanical" Valentine's Day cards was a series which featured the princess and all seven of the dwarfs. On the Snow White card, she's pictured holding a broom. Move the lever downward and the squirrel appears from behind it holding a "heart" card.




Text reads, "You are the fairest in the land. If you'll be mine - 'twill be just grand." At lower left corner is the copyright imprint, "© 1938 W.D. ENT." In lower right, "MADE IN U.S.A."



Card measures 5.875" high.



See the rest of the collection in greater detail in a future post...

Complete Set of Mechanical Cards. Image via The Collectors Encyclopedia of Disneyana
by David Longest and Michael Stern, p.149, Collector Book 1992.

3 comments:

  1. Wow. What a tremendous trove of Snow Whiteness! I am in awe. Thank you for visiting my blog; I'll be back to see more of yours.

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