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Photo from a public "genius school" for 3-to-11-year-olds at New York's Hunter College, 1948. history

LIFE Goes to a School For Kid Geniuses, 1948

How A Wife Should Undress lifestyle

‘How a Wife Should Undress’: Dubious Advice From 1930s Strippers

Tippi Hedren in her swimming pool, spouting water at Neil the lion, Calif., 1971. animals

At Home With Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a 400-Pound Lion

From left to right: Cecile, the dilettante, learns easily but loses interest quickly; Yvonne is the leader with initiative; Marie has caught up with her sisters in growth but is still the slowest of the five; Annette has developed the most marked musical talent; Emilie, left-handed, is the prankster." history

The Dionne Quintuplets: Little Girls Lost in the Harsh Glare of Fame

Junior (up) and Mr. Walker (down). animals

Here Are Two Rabbits That Walked Around on Their Front Feet

Mike the headless chicken "dances" in 1945. animals

LIFE With Mike the Headless Chicken: Photos of a Famously Tough Fowl

Horace the Irish hare, 1956. animals

LIFE With Horace the Housebroken Hare

Model of the "Space Ark" rocket ship from the sci-fi classic, "When Worlds Collide" 1951 lifestyle

In Praise of Unusual Flying Objects

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

Unhappy Returns: Portraits of Miserable, Anxious Taxpayers

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