1958

This Adorable Panda Was at the Center of a Cold War Conflict

By Olivia B. Waxman

What the World of Male Models Looked Like Long Before 'Zoolander'

By Eliza Berman

See Breathtaking Photos of the Galapagos Islands on the Anniversary of Darwin's Voyage

By Eliza Berman

How to Vacation Like a Rockefeller

By Eliza Berman
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How the Class of 1958 Celebrated ‘Gay Schooltime Memories’

LIFE commemorated the glory days with a group of high school seniors

By Eliza Berman

What To Wear on Your Vacation to Cuba

Inspiration from a 1950s LIFE photo shoot on Cuba's beaches.

By Eliza Berman

Showgirls at Work and at Play: Gordon Parks' Nightclub Portraits

Gordon Parks' pictures of showgirls matter simply because they're beautiful -- and because they offer, as LIFE magazine noted, "living, breathing proof of the poet's point that beauty is its own excuse for being."

By Ben Cosgrove

Julie Newmar: 'I Was in LIFE'

On her 81st birthday (b. Aug. 16, 1933), Julie Newmar recalls a LIFE magazine photo shoot from early in her long career.

By Ben Cosgrove

Maleficent Comes Alive! 1958 Edition

In 1958, LIFE photographer Allan Grant captured model Jane Fowler acting out some of the movements that made Maleficent a powerhouse animated villainess.

By Ben Cosgrove

Dean Martin: Rare and Classic Photos of a Laid-Back Legend

On what would have been his 97th birthday, LIFE pays tribute to Dean Martin, one of show business' enduring -- and most laid-back -- legends.

By Liz Ronk

When Flying Was Fun: LIFE Goes to Stewardess School, 1958

The unrelenting bad news about America's airlines and airports -- in short, travelers hate them, and with reason -- got LIFE thinking about a time when air travel wasn't necessarily a living hell.

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE at the Movies: In Praise of Sitting in the Dark With Strangers

There's a very good reason why, with an almost limitless number of ways to "consume" films, people around the globe still watch movies the old-fashioned way -- i.e., sitting in the dark with strangers.

By Ben Cosgrove

Stalking a Silent Killer: Photos From the Early Fight Against Cancer

Photos chronicling the battle against cancer in the middle part of the 20th century -- when a cure seemed within reach.

By Ben Cosgrove

Vlad the (Insect) Impaler: LIFE With Nabokov and His Butterflies

LIFE.com presents a series of photos made in Ithaca, New York, in 1958 that illustrate the great writer's obsession with the colorful order Lepidoptera.

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE at an Ohio Prom That Kept Going, and Going, and Going . . .

In 1958, LIFE tagged along as students danced at an Ohio high school prom. And went riverboating. And danced some more. And had breakfast. And rode roller coasters. And danced some more. . . .

By Liz Ronk
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