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# Leonard McCombe


## Leonard McCombe


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* ![Seated close to the evening fire, old man Gray Mountain, 91, tells his small grandchildren legends about the early days of the Navajo people.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7a708124bd0d9b6/698871bff887dc6176e93627/151118-navajos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 24, 2017  
## ['A Country Within a Country': Inside the Navajo Nation in 1948](https://time.com/4118996/navajo-heritage-photos/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![Male first grade teacher, Bill L'Orange as Calumet School in Chicago, 1972.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt017db6245cf31f9e/6988deba7cdbac41dbd5a1e6/world-teacher-day-13.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 5, 2017  
## [Inside a Changing First-Grade Classroom in the 1970s](https://time.com/4951541/world-teachers-day-life-1972/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![POW wife Valerie Kushner from a LIFE photo essay by Leonard McCombe in 1972.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69a91f2fa53b70f0/6988dd3897cdff3b656b2627/valerie-kushner-pow-wife-20.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 28, 2017  
## [Behind the 'Vietnam War' Story of 'P.O.W. Wife' Valerie Kushner](https://time.com/4936126/vietnam-war-kushner-pow-wife/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![Cowboy Clarence H. Long from the iconic 1949 LIFE magazine cover.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacaa0f6afc280694/6988d5f4cf40a88428c4894e/iconic-cowboy-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 21, 2017  
## [A 'Last Look' at the Old-Time American Cowboy](https://time.com/4861239/vintage-photos-american-cowboy/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![March 26, 1956 cover of LIFE magazine.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd30cb5a8295f549b/69888a5dcd1bba84866ffc5d/my-fair-lady-life-cover-1956.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 15, 2016  
## [See Julie Andrews' Debut as Eliza Doolittle in _My Fair Lady_](https://time.com/4253075/julie-andrews-eliza-doolittle-my-fair-lady/)  
by Eliza Berman  
* ![The Honeymooners actor Jackie Gleason in 1954.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4dc6bb0b0d8495a/69887c66e20a87424aa8f677/160205-jackie-gleason-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 26, 2016  
## [Jackie Gleason's Centennial: How the Comedian Became 'Mr. Saturday Night'](https://time.com/4210422/jackie-gleason-centenial/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![Sammy Davis Jr. with his wife May Britt and their children, 1964.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64e85acc2f38d346/698872cc524fc05c5edf5a6a/151125-sammy-davis-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 8, 2015  
## [See Classic Photos of Sammy Davis Jr. on the Anniversary of His Birth](https://time.com/4127464/sammy-davis-jr/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![Kindergarten Photo Essay September 1950](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteeb2ff4a64dff534/698866495f570f3f83b1da74/150930-teacher-day-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 5, 2015  
## [These Photos Show How Hard Teachers Have Always Worked](https://time.com/4056144/world-teachers-day/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![An early-morning start on a catfish expedition in a car named Old Dilsie.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6715697844d49f88/69886228e20a8777d9a8d109/150902-grandparents-12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 11, 2015  
## [This May Be the Sweetest Grandfather-Grandson Relationship Ever](https://time.com/4021409/grandparents-day-life-story/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![June 9, 1972 cover of LIFE Magazine.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95f7d2d3e1a00ce1/69878403cd1bba0d3c6f5baa/150317-bella-abzug-life-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 12, 2015  
## [Hillary Clinton Has This Woman to Thank For Her Campaign](https://time.com/3747970/hillary-clinton-bella-abzug/)  
by Eliza Berman  
* ![A woman getting sprayed by a man as a jo](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8b7008acf1c1b2a/6987846606f2c154e2334817/150319-practical-jokes-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 1, 2015  
## [April Fools' Day Inspiration From the 1940s](https://time.com/3751502/american-legion-pranks/)  
by Eliza Berman
* !["Gwyned Filling, alone in a crowd that has gathered to watch a fire in the city, stands on tiptoe and tilts back her head to get a better view."](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt059815109f090152/6986a68f3bc999a8be1a5a93/career-girl-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 28, 2014  
## ['Career Girl' Gwyned Filling: Classic Photos by Leonard McCombe](https://time.com/3456235/career-girl-portrait-of-a-young-womans-life-in-1948-new-york/)  
by Ben Cosgrove
* ![Masters and Johnson, 1966](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82ff914655218e2c/69884c18cd1bbab3756faea2/140707-masters-johnson-01.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 9, 2014  
## [The Real 'Masters of Sex': LIFE With Masters and Johnson](https://time.com/3880364/the-real-masters-of-sex-life-with-masters-and-johnson/)  
by Ben Cosgrove and Liz Ronk
* ![Dancers in Central Park, 1961.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9a368899a532b8d/698849e3524fc017aadf1f61/01_00859636.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 30, 2014  
## [Jewel of Manhattan: LIFE in Central Park, 1961](https://time.com/3880289/central-park-photos-of-the-jewel-of-manhattan-in-1961/)  
by Ben Cosgrove
* ![Kim Novak 1956](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07e1a456acc8257c/6987779f35ba6fb9fcc063e6/141230-kim-novak-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 12, 2013  
## ['I Was in LIFE': Kim Novak Remembers](https://time.com/3650229/i-was-in-life-kim-novak-remembers/)  
by Ben Cosgrove

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