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.
Animals at Home & In the Wild - LIFE
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The Breathtaking Beauty of Nature - LIFE
Visit some of the world's most desirable and desolate locations on Planet Earth through LIFE's extensive natural photography collection.
Butch and Sundance: The Iconic Movie at 50 - LIFE
The inside story of that movie—including rare behind-the-scenes photos of Paul Newman and Robert Redford on set—is explored in LIFE’s new special edition celebrating the film’s 50th anniversary and available here.
“The Most Thrilling Ride in the U.S.” - LIFE
In 1949 LIFE magazine took its readers on an extreme river adventure in a story headlined “Shooting the Salmon.” The headline referred to the Salmon River, which cuts through central Idaho. The magazine opened its story breathlessly:
Anatomy of a Murder: On the Set of a Cinema Classic - LIFE
But what inspired LIFE to send photographer Gjon Mili to document the making of Anatomy of a Murder was not any of the big-name cinematic talents involved.
Oh, To Be Young and in Aspen - LIFE
In 1971 LIFE reported from Aspen, where young people in search of adventure were moving to the Colorado resort town. What’s more, there was a demographic wrinkle—a majority (about 60 percent) of those new arrivals were women.
The Arrival of Jesus Christ Superstar - LIFE
The musical Jesus Christ Superstar began its life as a 1970 concept album by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice before becoming a 1971 stage show and then a 1973 movie.
Jane Greer: The Actress Whose Career Howard Hughes Tried to Quash - LIFE
The actress, born Bettyjane Greer, had actually been in LIFE magazine twice before that ’47 cover. In 1942 she appeared, unnamed, as one of three women modeling the uniforms of the W.A.A.C.s, the new all-female military unit that came into being during World War II. She got the modeling job because her mother worked in the War Department.
A Joyful Thanksgiving and a “Marriage Experiment” - LIFE
In 1972 LIFE magazine ran a cover feature on what it termed “Marriage Experiments.” The issue featured several examples of nontraditional domestic units. These ranged from a collective family in Berkeley, California to unmarried parents living in the Boston suburbs.
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