- 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
- 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
- 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:
- Amazing Destinations of the World - LIFE
destinations What Fun Looked Like in Brussels, 1945 destinations The Bohemian Life in Big Sur, 1959 destinations The Vanishing Great Salt Lake in More Buoyant Times destinations “For Here Was Born Hope”: Christmas and Easter in Bethlehem, 1955 destinations Wild and Frozen: Minnesota at Its Coldest and Most Remote
- 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
- The Bohemian Life in Big Sur, 1959
When LIFE magazine visited Big Sur in 1959, the Esalen Institute was three years from opening, but the coastal community had long been attracting free-thinking types
- Arts, Entertainment, Culture - LIFE
Latest arts entertainment David Bowie: Speaking of Heroes… arts entertainment Meet the Real-Life Gidget arts entertainment LIFE’s Vintage Lacrosse Images arts entertainment The Uplifting Magic of “The Karate Kid” arts entertainment There’s Cool, and Then There’s Keith arts entertainment Madonna (and Friends) Striking Poses
- 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
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