--- title: See 10 Iconic LIFE Magazine Photos description: These images are available for sale in the TIME Shop. Each print comes with the story behind the photo and a certificate of authenticity canonical: https://time.com/4537185/life-shop-gallery/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-24T19:38:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:24.819Z og:title: See 10 Iconic LIFE Magazine Photos og:description: These images are available in the TIME Shop og:url: https://time.com/4537185/life-shop-gallery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2734ef6cf22cea76/6988aaada988ca78ab6b9d10/151116-life-flash-sale-10.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Drum Major at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1951 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See 10 Iconic LIFE Magazine Photos twitter:description: These images are available in the TIME Shop twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2734ef6cf22cea76/6988aaada988ca78ab6b9d10/151116-life-flash-sale-10.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See 10 Iconic Photos From the LIFE Magazine Archive by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 24, 2016 7:38 PM UTC  Drum Major at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1951\. BUY NOW Drum Major at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1951\. BUY NOWAlfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 24, 2016 7:38 PM UTC After the [first issue of LIFE ](http://time.com/3764198/lifes-first-ever-cover-story-building-the-fort-peck-dam-1936/)was released almost exactly 80 years ago, in November of 1936, the magazine quickly established itself as the home of [iconic photography](http://time.com/3503080/the-best-of-life-37-years-in-pictures/). Founder Henry Luce had [promised](http://life.tumblr.com/post/17551327132/to-see-life-to-see-the-world-to-eyewitness) as much in the prospectus for the magazine: --- > “” --- Over the course of the following decades, LIFE photographers pursued that mission to all corners of the Earth, producing images that stand the test of time. Whether capturing the [joy on the faces of children](https://shop.time.com/storefront/photos/children-at-the-tuileries-puppet-theatre-by-alfred-eisenstaedt-1963/prodTDSHOPPUPPET.html) at a puppet show (as Alfred Eisenstaedt did in 1963) or a grand [monument](https://shop.time.com/storefront/photos/eiffel-tower-by-dmitri-kessel-1948/prodTDSHOPEIFFELTWR.html) of iron (as Dmitri Kessel did in 1948), they saw the world in a special way, and allowed others to do the same.  TIME Shop A selection of those revelatory photographs is available for purchase at the TIME Shop. Each print comes with the story behind the photograph and a certificate of authenticity. Go to the [TIME Shop](http://shop.time.com) for an opportunity to own a piece of LIFE.  V-J Day, Times Square, New York, 1945\. BUY NOW Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Watching Bwana Devil in 3-D at the Paramount Theater, 1952\. 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