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Sailor's Valentine

Brought home to Lunenburg by Captain Angus Walters from a West Indies voyage. The "Sailor's Valentine" was an intricate shell-design ornament or momento, often framing a photograph of the loved one.

Credit: Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

Reference: Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic  FMA

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