Group of four circa 1880s to 1920s heart Valentines: 1.) Vintage Valentine card with heart shaped silver open floral pattern, ivory doily with pansies in center. Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; Medium: paper, ink printed; Creation Date: c. 1880. Condition: Fading, yellowing, black ink writing on back. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, Inc. 2.) Vintage Valentine card: "To the One I Love / Best Wishes." Valentine card, heart-shaped, with color illustration of girl at center and border of embossed flowers, with text "To one I love / Best wishes"; printed greetings inside. Medium: paper, ink printed. Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Condition: Good condition overall; minor abrasions on front card, particularly on raised areas; minor discoloration overall. Creation date: c. 1880. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, Inc. 3.) Valentine with heart shape blue and white floral and ribbon frame, smiling young girl with four leaf clover on center, small heart with four leaf clover on top center and text "Hearty /Greeting' near bottom; pullout support on back. Medium: paper, ink printed. Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches. Condition: Detached center four leaf clover and support on back, various creases overall. Creation Date: c. 1920. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, Inc. 4.) Valentine card, heart-shaped, with gold, green, and pink border; paper doily with illustrations of parrot, boy, and flowers at center; printed greetings inside. Medium: paper, ink printed, adhesive. Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Condition: Good overall; minor wear; minor discoloration; small creases on scalloped left edge. Creation Date: c. 1880. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, Inc. SFO Museum Deaccessioning Project SFO Museum is conducting a review and downsizing of our holdings that fall outside our collection focus. In the museum profession, this process is called deaccessioning and is a regular part of responsible collections management. It ensures that the museum’s limited staff resources and storage space are allocated to objects that support and promote the core focus and purpose of the collection. Since the early 2000s, SFO Museum’s permanent collection has been defined and guided by the following statement: The collection focus of the San Francisco Airport Commission Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum (AML) is to collect objects and media that document the development, legacy, and cultural context of commercial aviation and the airline industry with an emphasis on the West Coast and Pacific Region, as well as the history and development of San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Since that time, the museum has collected objects, books and archival materials that are tightly focused on the history of commercial aviation and SFO. However, before this collection focus statement was crafted, the SFO Museum accessioned a wide variety of objects, both aviation-related and non-aviation-related alike, that do not fall within the bounds of our current collection focus. To meet our program objectives, SFO Museum has implemented a comprehensive review of its collection holdings acquired through purchase between the 1990s and early 2000s, identifying aviation and non-aviation-related objects that no longer support our collection focus. Objects acquired through donation are not part of this deaccessioning project. The deaccession candidates currently occupy 20% of available museum storage capacity while representing less than 1% of usage in our public programs. The deaccession process adheres to the highest professional standards in accordance with the American Alliance of Museums, San Francisco Airport Commission, and the City and County of San Francisco. Any revenues generated from the public sale of deaccessioned objects will be held in trust, designated for the future acquisition of objects for the San Francisco Airport Commission Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum. Through responsible collections stewardship, SFO Museum believes that this initiative will help to support our mission for many years to come.