- April Atkins: Photos of the Worlds Strongest Seventh-Grader - LIFE
But LIFE com’s research failed to find anything but the most cursory details about April Atkins — a cute, perpetually grinning pre-teen who, for one brief, bonkers moment in the mid-1950s, routinely blew minds at California’s famed Muscle Beach by performing utterly improbable feats of strength
- The Most Iconic Photographs of All Time - LIFE
Experience LIFE's visual record of the 20th century by exploring the most iconic photographs from one of the most famous private photo collections in the world
- Debbie Drake: Americas First Female TV Fitness Guru - LIFE
In its January 26, 1962 issue, LIFE’s profile of Debbie Drake opened with a bold proclamation from the 29-year-old woman from Indiana “I want to be the most important exercise girl in the world,” she said
- Betty Grable and Her Legs: An Iconic Century - LIFE
When Betty Grable was profiled in the June 7, 1943, issue of LIFE, she shared headline status with another entity: her own legs, which the magazine dubbed a “major Hollywood landmark ”
- Welcome to LIFE. com
As a weekly magazine LIFE covered it all, with a breadth and open-mindedness that looks especially astounding today, when publications and websites tailor their coverage to ever-narrowing audiences LIFE chronicled the lives of presidents, and also followed a country doctor on his rounds
- The Photo That Changed the Face of AIDS - LIFE
LIFE com shares the story behind one of the most harrowing and controversial photographs to emerge from the global pandemic
- JFK’s Funeral: Photos From a Day of Shock and Grief - LIFE
Here, LIFE com features photographs (some never published in LIFE magazine) from the funeral held three days after John F Kennedy was killed: Nov 25, 1963, which was also his son John Jr ’s third birthday
- Back in the Day: Vikki Dougans Head-Turning Moment - LIFE
Years before she became “The Back,” Dougan had actually appeared in LIFE magazine on two occasions The first story, in the July 28, 1952 issue, was a short piece about how Dougan—born Edith Tooker in Brooklyn on Jan 1, 1929—used different-colored wigs to earn extra bookings as a model
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