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Mad About the Boys: Rare Photos of Beatles Fans, 1964

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE at the 1960 Cotton Bowl: 'Battle of the Hard-Noses'

By Ben Cosgrove

The First Super Bowl: Rare Photos From a Football Classic

By Ben Cosgrove

'Sentiment, Ego and Exuberance': LIFE Celebrates the Italian Man

By Ben Cosgrove
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37 Weirdly Beautiful Old-School Science and Tech Photos

Photographs by some of history's most innovative photographers -- pictures that encompass the bizarre and often beautiful worlds of science and technology as seen in the pages of LIFE.

By Ben Cosgrove

Bad Robot! Sabor the Mechanical Man Terrifies a Toddler

A 1952 photograph of a wailing child and a seven-foot-tall robot in Hamburg, Germany, might be the funniest picture of a terrified toddler that any of us will ever see.

By Ben Cosgrove

Terry Sawchuk: A Face Only a Hockey Puck Could Love

In 1966, LIFE magazine published an article that led off with a striking photo of Hall of Fame goalie Terry Sawchuk, looking for all the world like a modern Frankenstein's monster.

By Ben Cosgrove

10 Iconic LIFE Covers

These covers provide as strong and as varied a sampling as one is likely to find of 10 pictures that capture the very best of LIFE through the years.

By Ben Cosgrove

When Mop Tops Were Big in Japan: Meet the Tokyo Beatles

LIFE.com pays tribute to the Fab Four by celebrating their influence on a small cover band formed half a world away from the Beatles' native England: the Tokyo Beatles.

By Liz Ronk

Toys Were Us: Photos of Playful (and Creepy) Vintage Automatons

At the end of another year of dizzying digital advances, LIFE.com celebrates some singular (and creepy) little machines that were among the true tech marvels of their time.

By Ben Cosgrove

On World Kindness Day, the Most Heartwarming Photo You'll See Today

In one quiet, intense instant illuminated in a masterful W. Eugene Smith photo, a country doctor's essential decency shines through.

By Ben Cosgrove

JFK and Jackie: When They Were 'Dummies'

Jackie Kennedy was, arguably, the premier fashion figure of the early 1960s. Here, LIFE.com recalls a time when she and JFK were so chic, mannequins were created in their image.

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE at the 'Game of the Century': Notre Dame vs. Michigan State, 1966

On the anniversary of the Nov. 19, 1966, 'Game of the Century' LIFE.com offers a gallery of photos -- many of which never ran in LIFE -- from the 1966 match-up between the Irish and Michigan State.

By Liz Ronk

Joe Frazier: Remembering a Warrior

LIFE recalls a classic 1971 photo made at the very moment when the Joe Frazier's rivalry with Muhammad Ali was first coming into full, violent flower.

By Ben Cosgrove

The World 50 Years Ago: 1963 in LIFE Covers

A gallery of LIFE magazine covers from 1963 -- a turbulent, pivotal year that helped shape America's view of itself and the world throughout the '60s and beyond.

By Ben Cosgrove

Roll Another One: LIFE Goes Bowling

There's a lot to be said for bowling. It's loud. It involves a kind of controlled violence. It requires strength, coordination and genuine technique. It's a lot of damn fun.

By Ben Cosgrove

Cheerleading Boot Camp: A WWII Vet Toughens Up His Recruits

In September 1965, LIFE magazine profiled a man named Bill Horan, a 40-year-old World War II paratrooper who spent his days yelling at young women -- for their own good.

By Ben Cosgrove

Rail Romance: LIFE Rides the Orient Express

Evocative, atmospheric pictures from a time when phrases like "the Iron Curtain" and "Communist Bulgaria" were not just encountered in history books, but in newspaper headlines and daily conversation

By Liz Ronk

LIFE at the Movies: When 3-D Was New

Six decades after the release of the first full-length 3-D movie, LIFE.com revisits J.R. Eyerman's classic photo of the audience at the opening-night screening of the film.

By Ben Cosgrove

Cathedral of Cheering: Pittsburgh Pirate Fans Rejoice, 1960

In celebration of the Pittsburgh Pirates' first winning season in 20 years, LIFE.com presents George Silk's magnificent photo of Bucs fans cheering atop the city's Cathedral of Learning.

By Ben Cosgrove
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