Experience LIFE's visual record of the 20th century by exploring the most iconic photographs from one of the most famous private photo collections in the world.

The cultural influences from music, movies, theater, and design that have helped shaped the world we live in today.

3 days ago · Here’s how LIFE described the social life there in a story in its June 4, 1945 issue: …At Connecticut College, girls have more boyfriends than in the palmy days when the college derived …

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It was a bold notion to name a magazine LIFE. The word life, after all, encompasses everything. The major events that define generations, the fleeting moments that comprise the everyday, the feelings …

Explore the world one picture at a time with these beautiful and inspiring pictures from across the globe - near and far, popular and unknown.

Visit some of the world's most desirable and desolate locations on Planet Earth through LIFE's extensive natural photography collection.

See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades.

LIFE was very much aware of this change as it was happening, and worried that it was bad for the country. The magazine fretted in 1948 that the decline of the family farm might also signal the decline …

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