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Seated close to the evening fire, Gray Mountain, 91, tells his grandchildren legends about the early days of the Navajo people. history

‘A Country Within a Country’: Inside the Navajo Nation, 1948

Macy's caters to customers during the biggest holiday shopping season, 1948. lifestyle

How Black Friday Looked Before It Was Called Black Friday

Jackson Hole 1948 destinations

Jackson Hole in its Dude Ranch Days

arts & entertainment

LIFE With Dizzy Gillespie: Rare and Classic Portraits of a Playful Genius

Keedoozle, a fully automated grocery store, Memphis, Tenn., 1948. people

Keedoozle, We Hardly Knew Ye: Remembering America’s First Automated Grocery

Route 30 Nebraska, USA, 1948. destinations

Road Trip! U.S. Route 30 in 1948

Eiffel Tower, winter 1948 destinations

The Eiffel Tower: A Paris Landmark Captured in a Classic Photo

President Harry Truman jubilantly holds up a Chicago newspaper emblazoned with the (erroneous) headline, DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. In fact, Truman handily beat New York governor Thomas Dewey in the tight 1948 presidential election. history

Behind the Picture: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’

Then-unknown actress Marilyn Monroe with Clifton Webb and Laurette Luez on the set of a 1948 comedy, "Sitting Pretty." people

Unpublished: Portraits of Marilyn as a Young Actress, 1948

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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