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Gordon Parks fashion photography from the 1950s. arts & entertainment

Beyond Boundaries: Gordon Parks’ Fashion Photography of the 1950s

Not originally published in LIFE magazine. Lauren Bacall at Gotham Hotel, New York, 1945. arts & entertainment

Photographer Spotlight: Nina Leen

On the set of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' arts & entertainment

LIFE on the Set of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

Jackie Robinson relaxes between takes on the set of the 1950 biopic, The Jackie Robinson Story, in which he starred as himself. arts & entertainment

Jackie Robinson: Classic Photos of an American Icon

Spiritual simplicity was Mies' aim in designing the Illinois Tech Chapel. Maintaining the basic campus pattern, he insisted on flat-roofed rectangle but provided brick walls to give the chapel a sense of privacy and solitude. Steel mullions of the facade echo shape of the cross above the altar arts & entertainment

Mies van der Rohe and the Poetry of Purpose

Liza Minnelli runs lines with her Flora the Red Menace costar Bob Dishy. In the show, Liza's Flora falls for his character, a fellow designer who pulls her toward Communism. arts & entertainment

Liza Minnelli at 19: Rare Photos of a Legend on the Cusp of Stardom

In the eight-team 1958 Dixie Classic, the Michigan State Spartans (in the dark uniforms) made it all the way to the final before falling to host North Carolina State (in white). At the end of the season, N.C. State was ranked sixth and Michigan State seventh in the final AP poll. arts & entertainment

College Basketball’s Golden Days

Sisters at St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie, Penn., watch a program on a new local TV station, 1949. arts & entertainment

Classic Photos of People Watching TV

American puppeteer Bil Baird in India in 1962. arts & entertainment

Audiences on a String: American Puppet Masters in India,1962

Two days after their U.S. TV debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," the Beatles play for 8,000 fans at their first American concert, at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 1964. Ticket price: $3. arts & entertainment

The Beatles Take America, 1964

Duke Ellington, New York, 1943. arts & entertainment

Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and More: LIFE Jams With Jazz Legends

Pablo Picasso, south of France, 1949. arts & entertainment

Behind the Picture: Picasso Draws With Light

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