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destinations

The American Northwest: Vintage Color Photos From an Epic Road Trip

Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches toward a stricken comrade after a fierce firefight south of the DMZ, Vietnam, October 1966.

history

Powerful Portraits of Vietnam: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966

LIFE magazine cover created for the movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

people

‘Walter Mitty’ and the LIFE Magazine Covers That Never Were

American jeeps travelled through a bombed-out town during the drive towards Rome, World War II.

history

World War II in Color: The Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome

history

Before and After D-Day: Color Photos From England and France

Georgia O'Keeffe photographed on the roof of her Ghost Ranch home in New Mexico, 1967.

people

Georgia O’Keeffe: Invincible

Marilyn Monroe at home, 1953.

people

Marilyn Monroe at Home in Hollywood: Color Portraits, 1953

Continuous-flow bath is the best method for calming excited mental cases. With their bodies greased, the patients can remain in the baths for hours, gradually fall asleep."

history

Strangers to Reason: LIFE Inside a Psychiatric Hospital, 1938

lifestyle

‘Career Girl’: A Famed Portrait of a Young Woman’s Life in 1948 New York

Ray Charles, with arms outstretched, during performance at Carnegie Hall, 1966.

people

Ray Charles: Photos of a Musical Genius On Stage and Off

destinations

Vacation’s End: Classic Photos of Late-Summer Cape Cod

Larry Jim Holm and Dunk, Iowa, 1945

animals

A Boy and His Dog

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