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Mildred and Richard Loving, the interracial couple who fought against Virginia's anti-interracial marriage laws, leading to the landmark Supreme Court case from 1967, Loving v. Virginia, which overthrew miscegenation laws.

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Marriage certificate, New York, 1879

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 "How I Made My Marriage Happy," from the August 1930 issue of the magazine Physical Culture. Which really sounds like the name of an academic journal.

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Harry and Bess Truman on their wedding day, 1919.

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Satirical cartoon making fun of Brigham Young's death, showing all 12 of his wives in the same mourning bed, 1877.

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"Marriages--Fit and Unfit," 1929.

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The Seven Stages of Matrimony, 1852

I suggest clicking on the image to read the small print.