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PHOTOS: Bergen County Family Has Trove Of Antique Valentines PHOTOS: Bergen County Family Has Trove Of Antique Valentines
Photos: Bergen County Family Has Trove Of Antique Valentines A Franklin Lakes family has donated its trove of more than 12,300 antique paper Valentines to the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.  The display features greeting cards, sentimental notes, folk art drawings, and other tokens of affection that trace the evolution of romantic and religious keepsakes made in Europe and North America from 1684 to 1970. Nancy and Henry Rosin of Franklin Lakes had given the collection to their son, Bob. He and his wife, Belle, donated it to The Huntington for safekeeping, according to a press release.  The Rosin Collection brims with we…