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1948

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

82 year old tightrope walker Ivy Baldwin at Boulder Dam, Colorado, 1948.

people

Old Man and the Wire: When an 82-Year-Old Walked The Tightrope

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

Teenage couple listening to records and having a snack of milk and cookies.

history

LIFE With Postwar Teens: Photos of Fads From Around the U.S. in 1948

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

people

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

history

LIFE With a Cheerful Cape Cod ‘Cult,’ 1948

A man flies off a trampoline, Santa Monica, 1948.

lifestyle

The Magic of the Off-Screen Trampoline: A Young Man Soars Above The Beach

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’

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