LIFE Magazine

See Inside the Private Family Life of a Young George H.W. Bush

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

Billy Graham at Home: Rare Photos From the LIFE Archives

By Olivia B. Waxman and Liz Ronk

Here’s How One Family Prepared for Nuclear War in 1954

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

The Mane Event: LIFE's 25 Most Memorable Horses

By TIME Staff
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'A Country Within a Country': Inside the Navajo Nation in 1948

"How can nations which differ from each other in appearance and language and culture live peaceably together?"

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

Thousands of People Became American Citizens on the First Official Veterans Day

The first official Veterans Day was marked in the U.S. on Nov. 11, 1954. On that day, thousands of people became citizens

By Olivia B. Waxman

Inside a Changing First-Grade Classroom in the 1970s

"The teacher is the most important adult outside the family," LIFE proclaimed in 1972

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

'A Dazzling New Sight in the Heavens': Remembering Sputnik's First Days

The satellite—and the space race—launched on Oct. 4, 1957

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

Behind the 'Vietnam War' Story of 'P.O.W. Wife' Valerie Kushner

She was featured on the cover of LIFE in 1972

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

See Inside a Berlin Synagogue's First Rosh Hashanah After World War II

When the U.S. Army helped arrange the first Rosh Hashanah service at a Berlin synagogue after World War II, LIFE Magazine captured the event

By Olivia B. Waxman

When the U.S. Air Force Got More Recruits Than It Could Handle

The U.S. Air Force was established on Sept. 18, 1947

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

'The Vietnam War' and the Story Behind the Pictures of Hanoi's Communist Takeover

LIFE photographer Howard Sochurek witnessed the moment when Hanoi was given over to communist control

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

The Tale of Tròn and Vietnam War Photographer Larry Burrows

Burrows' 1968 photo essay on 12-year-old amputee Tròn featured some defining images of the Vietnam war

By Gary Jones/ Suối Đá

When Back-to-School Season Became a Fight for Equality

In 1956, LIFE Magazine visited a town in Tennessee where the national battle over school integration had hit close to home

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

See Thurgood Marshall's Career Before His Supreme Court Days

He became the first African-American Supreme Court justice on Aug. 30, 1967

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

How the Conversation About Women 'Having It All' Played Out 70 Years Ago

On Women's Equality Day, a look at what's changed — and what's stayed the same

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

LIFE's 25 Most Meow-Worthy Pictures of Cats

See 25 of the most meow-worthy cats in LIFE Magazine's archive of iconic photography—with appearances by Fred Astaire and Ernest Hemingway

By Liz Ronk and Olivia B. Waxman

Celebrating Legendary LIFE Photo Editor John G. Morris

His friends and colleagues reflect on his century of influence on photography

By Liz Ronk and Olivier Laurent

Celebrate Friendship With LIFE's Most Memorable Pictures of Pals

See 25 of the most memorable images of friends—famous and otherwise—from LIFE Magazine's archive of iconic photography

By Olivia B. Waxman and Liz Ronk

What One Photographer Saw During the Deadly Newark Riots of 1967

A LIFE magazine cover story boasted of unparalleled access to those behind the riot, but it would take longer for the full story to emerge

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
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