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Photo from a LIFE magazine article on teen pregnancy, 1971. history

Fighting Teen Pregnancy: Portrait of a Radical High School Program, 1971

Surfing, 1959. history

Hawaii Before Statehood: Color Photos, 1959

Jimmy Stewart on the phone, 1945 history

Jimmy Stewart, 1945: A War Hero Comes Home

World Trade Center 1983 history

Lower Manhattan’s Lost Anchors: Remembering the Twin Towers

December 5, 1969 issue of LIFE Magazine history

American Atrocity: Remembering My Lai

Klan initiates (including some Atlanta policemen) stand before a burning cross during a ritual in Georgia, 1946. history

Bigotry in the USA: Photos From a Ku Klux Klan Initiation

Pope Pius XI, whose desire to be buried below St. Peter's nave led to the historic excavations, lies in his stone sarcophagus in renovated upper grottoes. history

LIFE at the Vatican: Unearthing History Beneath St. Peter’s

Tears stream down the cheeks of accordion-playing Chief Petty Officer (USN) Graham Jackson as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's flag-draped funeral train leaves Warm Springs, Ga., April 13, 1945. history

Mourning FDR: In a Classic Photo, the Face of a Nation’s Loss

Farewell to departing troops at New York's Penn Station, April 1943. history

The Heartache of Wartime Farewells, 1943

LIFE and Civil Rights: Anatomy of a Protest, Virginia, 1960 history

Civil Rights: Preparation and Protest, 1960

John and Jackie Kennedy walk to JFK's inauguration ceremony from the White House, January 1961. history

The Dawn of Camelot: JFK’s Inauguration

One-fourth of the Missouri River will run through this steel 'liner.' history

LIFE’s First Cover Story: Building the Fort Peck Dam, 1936

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