“not many dogs have been privileged to shoo birds off the white house lawn, get underfoot at a cabinet meeting or mingle with dignitaries at a state ball,” life wrote. The following is from the introduction to life’s special tribute issue, jimmy carter A noble life, which is available online and at newsstands In 1937, about ten years after talking movies had ended the era of silent film, life magazine—then in its second year of existence—decided to shine a spotlight on the people who were putting the words in the mouths of movie actors. Here, life.com presents pictures made in the nevada desert by photographer loomis dean shortly after a 1955 atomic bomb test These are not “political” pictures.
The breadth of the ge operations underlines the great variety of activity that legendary life photographer alfred eisenstaedt documented when he gained access to the general electric operations back in 1937. The following is adapted from the introduction to life’s newcspecial issue 100 photographs The most important pictures of all time and the stories behind them, available at newsstands and online: Explore world war ii within the life photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the us & around the world. The actress, born bettyjane greer, had actually been in life magazine twice before that ’47 cover
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