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Patricia Guinan promises to leave out milk and crackers for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, 1947. history

Christmas Wishes: Photos of Kids on the Phone With Santa, 1947

A rally at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, December 1941. history

After Pearl Harbor: Rare Photos From the American Home Front

A fan (right) and a "Tokyo Beatle," 1964. history

Teenage Wasteland: Portraits of Japanese Youth in Revolt, 1964

John F. Kennedy campaign, 1960 history

JFK on the Campaign Trail, 1960: A President in the Making

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945 history

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945

Aboard the Simplon-Orient Express, 1950. history

Rail Romance: Riding the Orient Express

American Lt. Gen. (later General) George S. Patton in North Africa during WWII, 1943. history

LIFE in WWII: Rare and Classic Photos From North Africa, 1943

Unidentified young women, Kutno, Nazi-occupied Poland, 1939. history

The Brink of Oblivion: Color Photos From Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1940

Martin Luther King Jr. (seated, at right) watches the Shirelles perform during the Salute to Freedom benefit concert in Birmingham, Ala., August 5, 1963. history

March on Washington: Rare Photos of a Star-Studded Fundraiser, 1963

Defendants Roy Bryant, left, and J.W. Milam during their trial for the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. history

A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till

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‘Nurse Midwife’: W. Eugene Smith’s Chronicle of a Rural Hero

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Iowa, 1942 history

‘Take off the Silk, Put on the Khaki’: America’s First Women Soldiers, 1942

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