Vintage Valentine Day Archives

Happy Valentine’s Day to all those who are celebrating!

Today’s blog post is a collection of vintage Valentine’s Day photos, images, magazine covers, greeting cards and vintage advertising.

Let the romance begin!

1950s vintage photo of a 1950s Valentines Day Dance featuring 2 couples sitting together in 1950s fashions with Valentine decorations on the wall.

Photo: Taking a break for a chat at the dance.

Further Reading: Vintage Valentines Day 1920s-1960s Archived blog posts

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The Valentine’s Day Dances:

1950s photo of two couples posing in a giant heart with streamers all around at their Valentine’s Day Dance.

What fun decor! Great idea for your next 1950s party.

1950s vintage photo of a Valentines Day Dance decoration of a giant heart with streamers and 1950s couples posing in the heart

Source: Etsy-JakeRoebucks

1947 Daddy, Daughter Valentine’s Dance featuring in the photo an adorable girl with a heart dress. Love it!

1940s vintage photo: 1947 Daddy, Daughter Valentine's Dance featuring in the photo an adorable girl with her heart dress.

Source: eBay

1956 Valentine Dance with teenagers and a young man dancing with a broom made to look like his date. ha!

Further Reading: Vintage Photos Of The Social Dance

1950s vintage photo of a Valentine's Day Dance featuring young teenagers and a young man dancing with a broom made to look like his date.

Source: Flickr-The Library of Virginia

Vintage Valentine’s Day Photos

1930s photo of two smiling teenagers sharing a special Valentine’s Day moment with a box of chocolates.

1930s vintage photo of two teenagers sitting on a couch together on Valentines Day. The young man is giving a box of chocolates to the young woman with the 1930s hairstyle

Source: Time.com

1943-Even during WWII, US soldiers overseas were able to send Valentine’s cards to sweethearts back home.

1940s vintage photo of US soldiers looking at valentines day cards to send back home in 1943

Source: Taste of Home

Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) Valentine’s Day 1944 -Young military couple chalking hearts onto a tree during WW2.

Source: Flickr

1950s photo: Giving a Valentine’s Day heart.

LOVE the 1950s dress on our beaming 1950s University student.

1950s vintage photo of a young woman university student in a 1950s dress receiving a box of heart chocolates on Valentines Day at the door from her date.

Source: Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives Photos. Call Number: RG 71/0 1950s

1957 photo of a young woman serving punch in the cutest punch bowl with fun & kitschy Valentine decorations.

Source: Redbook

Valentine’s Day Cards

Further Reading: Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards (archived blog post)

1950s / 1960s “Valentine Greetings…Just ‘Cause I kinda Likes Ya!”

1950s 1960s vintage Valentine's Day Card featuring an adorable little Black girl illustration playing on the grass.

Source: Pinterest

“My Valentine..I’ll never you , ‘The Gate’. 1940s card.

1940s vintage valentines day card featuring an illustration of a girl in a 1940s dress at a gate

Source: Etsy-Russellsvintage

“I couldn’t BEAR to lose you dear Valentine”. Ahhh! 1930’s card.

"I couldn't BEAR to lose you dear Valentine". Ahhh! 1930's Valentines Day card featuring two cute Black Bears hugging. Fun vintage valentines day.

Source: Etsy-Adawegamig

The Valentine’s Day Magazine Covers

Further Reading: Vintage Valentines Day Magazine Covers (archived post)

1928’s NeedleCraft, February Issue featuring a girl holding Valentine’s while putting on her coat.

1920s vintage magazine cover for Needlecraft magazine on valentines day featuring ani llustration of a girl holding a heart

Source: Alamy

1939 issue of Woman’s World with a colorful Valentines Day cover with Cupid, flowers, hearts and doves.

1930s Vintage Magazine: 1939 issue of Woman’s World has a colorful Valentines Day cover with Cupid, flowers, hearts and doves

Source: Etsy-paintedpony99

Jeanne Crain, on the Modern Screen magazine cover, February 1944.

1940s vintage magazine cover for Valentines Day featuring Jeanne Crain, Modern Screen magazine cover, February 1944

Source: Alamy

February 7th, 1943-“First Kiss” as seen in ‘The Detroit Free Press Parade’ weekly picture newspaper.

The image according to Parade, said that the little kids were unaware that they had an audience when the little girl laid a kiss on the cheek of her little crush. Adorable.

Source: Parade Magazine

Now not really Magazine Covers but I love a good Romance Comic book (I own a few, mostly to drool over the 1950s & 1960s fashions) and thought I would slide in ones you can purchase right now (in PDF format).

Then when you have time, take a look at my archived post, Romance Comics of the 1950s and 1960s.

Source: Etsy-VintageComicBoutique

Vintage Valentine’s Day Advertising

1940s ad for a ‘Lane Cedar Hope Chest’. “Step into her heart forever. Give her a LANE this Valentine’s Day.”

1940s vintage ad for a Lane hope chest for Valentines Day featuring a man helping a woman in 1940s dress and 1940s hairstyle threw a heart with cupids all around.

Source: Pinterest

“It’s “Remembering Day”…Remember?” Whitman’s Chocolates ad from the 1950s reminding all those who need remembering about Valentine’s Day on February 14th.

Source: Pinterest

1959 ad for Coca-Cola…”Be Really Refreshed….Love That Coke!” as seen in the February National Geographic.

1950s vintage ad for Coca-Cola., Valentines Day featuring a couple sharing a coke inside a giant heart, as seen in February 1959 National Geographic Magazoine

Source: Etsy-The Ad Agency

1954 advertisement…”to my candy kid, Milky Way Chocolate bars”. YUM!

1950s vintage ad for Milky Way Chocolate bars on Valentine's Day. 1954 advertisement..."to my candy kid, Milky Way Chocolate bars".

Source: Redbook

“1950s underwear advertisement with a Valentine theme. “Mother-Daughter favorites with the famous Lollipop Cuffing-Cotton Brief.”1950s underwear advertisement with a Valentine theme. “Mother-Daughter favorites with the famous Lollipop Cuffing-Cotton Brief.

1950s vintage ad for womens and girls underware, cotton briefs with a Valentines Day theme.

Source: Pinterest

Vintage Valentine’s Day Pin-Up Photos

1940s vintage photo of a pin-up for Valentines Days dressed up as a painter. -Vintage Valentine Pin-up photo.

Joyce Mathews (actress) in 1939 as vintage Valentines Day pin-up.

1930s vintage photo of Joyce Mathews in 1939 as vintage valentines day pinup

Source: Pinterest

Jet Magazine, February 17, 1955, “Be My Valentine” photoshoot featuring 22 year-old model Cynthia Willburn.

1950s vintage magazine Jet Magazine featuring a beautiful Black Pin-up model posing for a Be My Valentine photo shoot February 17, 1955

Source: Flickr

I will end this post with this funny 1968 Valentine’s Day commercial for Scope (video link).

I hope you enjoyed this fun read and I hope you have a lovely day celebrating all things LOVE!

Thanks for dropping by!

Liz

I have been blogging since 2012 (Happy 10 years to me!) and so it would make sense that I have accumulated quite a collection of blog posts on the topics of love, romance, valentine’s day, friendships etc. So instead of reinventing the wheel this love day, I have decided to put together a roundup of all my posts with the themes mentioned above and you can pick and chose what you want to read for the first or repeat time.

Enjoy! And please share in the comments section what your favourite post was.