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An American soldier holds a wounded Japanese boy in an airplane on Saipan as they await a flight to the nearest field hospital in 1944. history

Photographer Spotlight: Peter Stackpole

Mardi Gras float, New Orleans, 1938. history

Mardi Gras: Rare Vintage Photos From America’s Most Famous Party

Malcolm X gives a speech at a Nation of Islam rally, Washington, D.C., 1961. history

Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam: Eve Arnold’s Quietly Powerful Images

American puppeteer Bil Baird in India in 1962. history

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

Machine gunner in helicopter on patrol over the Mekong Delta in 1967. history

1967: Pictures From a Pivotal Year

A woman at an Internal Revenue information center in New York in 1944. history

Unhappy Returns: Portraits of Miserable, Anxious Taxpayers

1940 census: Test in Indiana history

Fair Question?: When LIFE Tested the 1940 Census

A night out at a juke joint, S. Carolina, 1956. history

Civil Rights: Segregation in South Carolina, 1956

Dr. Ernest Ceriani makes a house call on foot, Kremmling, Colo., 1948. history

‘Country Doctor’: W. Eugene Smith’s Landmark Photo Essay

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