Vintage 1920s Hula Girl Valentine's Day Greeting Card

A chubby-cheeked hula child with a head roughly the size of a beach ball, flower-crowned hair, yellow lei, and grass skirt, dancing barefoot in front of a red heart while a tiny ukulele-playing child sits in the sand behind her near some palm trees — these elements combine to suggest that romance is best expressed through an unsupervised toddler's Valentine's pitch delivered somewhere tropical. The pairing of hula motion with a cardiac event pairs the motion with what is honestly the most accurate description of love ever printed on cardstock. That grinning, rosy-cheeked face has the unblinking energy of a child who has been told to smile for approximately forty-five minutes and has transcended into something beyond joy — something ancient.