Life chronicled the lives of presidents, and also followed a country doctor on his rounds. You’re able to take life as it comes when you’re bound to a core belief that things are going to turn out all right At its height, life magazine’s incomparable images and essays reached 1 of 3 american readers The original prints, negatives, and associated manuscripts remain in dotdash meredith’s life picture collection, an unprecedented cultural asset with millions of untold stories and unseen images. “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 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: 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.
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