Miner Cupid Valentine Greeting Card - Edwardian Era 1900s

A shirtless cherub with golden curly hair and wings stands in a mining outfit, proudly holding a dark heart studded with arrows like he just excavated it from a cave wall. Someone in the Edwardian greeting card industry looked at Cupid—the god of romantic love—and thought, 'You know what this needs? A mining helmet with a lit flame, work boots, green trousers, a jaunty red neckerchief, and a pickaxe.' The result is more accurate as a metaphor for finding love than anything Hallmark has managed since, honestly. The tagline 'I've struck it rich!' paired with a bare-chested toddler-angel clutching industrial equipment and a bruised-looking heart reads less like a Valentine and more like the origin story of a supervillain who will one day hold romance itself for ransom.