- What 20th Century Life Was Like - LIFE
See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades
- LIFE
The following text is adapted from the introduction to LIFE’s new special issue The Smurfs, available at newsstands and online In 2011, people around the world donned white caps and pants and painted their faces (and in some cases entire bodies) blue in celebration of the Smurfs
- Sharks: Fear and Fascination - LIFE
The following is adapted from the introductio n to LIFE’s new special issue Sharks: Predators of the Sea, which is available here online and at newsstands: Few words in the American vocabulary inspire fear and fascination the way shark does
- The 100 Most Important Photos Ever - LIFE
The following is adapted from the introduction to LIFE’s newcspecial issue 100 Photographs: The Most Important Pictures of All Time and the Stories Behind Them, available at newsstands and online:
- 1960s Photo Archives - LIFE
Explore 1960s within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious privately held archives from the US around the World
- Photographing American History - LIFE
history Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life history Meet Lady Wonder, the Psychic Horse Who Appeared Twice in LIFE history “For Here Was Born Hope”: Christmas and Easter in Bethlehem, 1955 history A Healing Return: Marlene Dietrich Goes Back to Germany, 1960 history Che Guevara: The Image of Revolution
- Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life
The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special tribute issue, Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life, which is available online and at newsstands When James Earl Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on December 29, 2024, he was 100, and many people who as 18-year-olds had voted for or against him in the 1970s were contemplating
- Every Loving Detail: Inside a Lavish Kansas City Wedding, 1947 - LIFE
LIFE described the planning of the wedding as “a full-time job,” and Leen documented all that went into it That included the dress shopping, the cake selection, the addressing of the invitations, and more
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