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No Title Needed! H98.101/1880. Argus Newspaper collection of photographs.

Discovering Dewey 152.41: Love & affection

February 11, 2026

Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Our stories, Reference desk:

Welcome back to ‘Discovering Dewey’ – an occasional series revealing some of the books behind the numbers. This Library Lovers’ Day we follow one of our Librarians as she goes looking for Love & Affection in the stacks at Dewey number 152.41!

Say it with scorn: Vinegar valentines from the collection

Say it with scorn: Vinegar valentines from the collection

February 14, 2017

Our stories:

Rejection rather than affection was the theme of early 19th-century paper valentines.

Mock Valentines

Mock Valentines

February 8, 2013

Arts & literature, Such was life:

The State Library held a Valentine’s exhibition in 1951 which, according to the Report of the Trustees of the Public Library of Victoria, consisted of a small display on a… Read More ›