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45 Old-School Love Moments To Give You All the Feels

We travel back in time to celebrate the magic of Black love, from the 1800s and on.

By Joslyn Winkfield · March 23, 2016October 27, 2020
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Vintage Black Love

We travel back in time to celebrate the magic of Black love, from the 1800s and on.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1915. 

A young couple sits poised for a photo.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1920

This husband and wife from Virginia are dressed to impress.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1925

A dapper couple pose in their car.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1925.

Matching costumes has been in for quite a while!

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1930

A beautiful couple dressed to the nines.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1932

We are living for this romantic vignette!

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1934

Beautiful black couples dance in a Harlem nightclub.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1935

Track star Jesse Owens embraces his new wife Minnie on their wedding day.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1939

International Jitterbug Convention winners pose with their trophies.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1932

Lovebirds stroll in the park of Tuskagee University in Alabama.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1939

A woman swings her jitterbug partner by the legs during a Salvation Army benefit dance marathon in Los Angeles.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1940

It’s a double wedding! Two sets of newlyweds pucker up.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1940

This stylish couple chooses music to listen to on a record player.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1942

A couple dances for the crowd inside the recreation tent of the Farm security administration agricultural workers’ camp, Bridgeton, New Jersey.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1942

Army engineers watch a couple dancing during a social event at Fort Bragg.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1942

Harlem lovers sneak a kiss.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1944

A picture perfect marriage.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1945

A military marriage takes place in France.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1945

The first African American to be commissioned in the United States Marine Corps gets his second Lieutenant bars pinned on him by his wife.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1946

Things get hot and heavy on a bench in Central Park, New York City.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1947

A double date spent boating at Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1947

Dance partners do the jitterbug in Harlem.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1948

We are swooning over this sweet kiss on the beach in Coney Island, Brooklyn!

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1948

A couple cuts a rug at a nightclub in Paris.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1950

It’s date night for this pair in a Harlem restaurant.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1951

Jackie Robinson and his wife Rachel snuggle up to read the paper at their home.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1955

A man pins on a woman’s corsage at a soiree.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1956

A couple hits the dance floor at a cafe.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1957

Against all odds. Mr. and Mrs. William Myers, Jr., the first African Americans to buy a home in the all-white Levittown community, are shown having their first meal after moving into their new home in Pennsylvania.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1957

Nothing like getting cozy on the couch and watching TV together!

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1965

This hubby hides a surprise gift from his wife.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1965

Watching history together. A couple sit on the porch of their home watching the Selma to Montgomery marchers pass by in Alabama.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1960s

A husband and wife teach their children about money.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1965

A hubby gets a kiss and is sent of to work.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1967.

Black love on the streets of Greenville, Mississippi.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1970

It’s bridal bliss for these two!

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1973

A groovy couple hang outside a corner store in Chicago.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1970

A couple cozies up for a portrait.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1970

A pair of lovebirds graduate from high school. We wonder if they’re still together!

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1987

A young woman and man in formal attire on a pier, Chicago, Illinois.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1971

A couple sits in their home in New Orleans.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1975.

All you need is love. And the perfect ‘fro.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1978

A stylish pair pose at a party.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1985

A carefree couple smile for the camera.

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Vintage Black Love

Circa 1990

Two lovebirds smile for the camera.

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