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. 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. That included the dress shopping, the cake selection, the addressing of the invitations, and more.
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