Vintage 1920s Art Deco Valentine Card - Girl Presenting Heart

Much like a modern corporate HR training video, this diamond-latticed fever dream documents a romantic transaction at the heart of emotional dysfunction: a blonde girl in a layered red-and-yellow dress — accessorized with a jaunty bow AND what appears to be a dramatic flowing red sash, because subtlety is for cowards — extends a small heart toward a dark-haired boy in a full-length blue suit who is recoiling from it like she's offering him a live grenade. The boy's hand-to-chest gesture reads less 'touched by love' and more 'I'm calling HR,' and the concentric heart frames surrounding this emotional standoff give it the vibe of a PowerPoint slide from a 1930s corporate seminar on How To Accept Affection Without Dying. 'BE MY VALENTINE' it implores across the bottom, though frankly the blue-suited recipient looks like he would sooner file a restraining order.