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Scene from a Christmas party attended by Adolf Hitler and other Nazis, date unknown. history

Photos From a Nazi Christmas Party

Pearl Harbor Sign Dec. 15, 1941 history

After Pearl Harbor: Rare Photos From the American Home Front

"Kako, languid from sleeping pills she takes, is lost in a world of her own in a jazz shop in Tokyo." history

Teenage Wasteland: Portraits of Japanese Youth in Revolt, 1964

Scene from John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign. history

JFK on the Campaign Trail, 1960: Photos of a President in the Making

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945 history

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945

Photographs and clipped contact-sheet images (uncharacteristically glued to paper) from Tunisia, the North African Campaign, 1943, from the LIFE archives. history

LIFE in WWII: Rare and Classic Photos From North Africa, 1943

Martin Luther King Jr. (seated, at right) watches the Shirelles perform during the Salute to Freedom benefit concert in Birmingham, Ala., August 5, 1963. history

March on Washington: Rare Photos From a Star-Studded Fundraiser, 1963

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Up Close and Personal With Apollo 11: A LIFE Photographer’s Story

Photo from a LIFE magazine article on teen pregnancy, 1971. history

Fighting Teen Pregnancy: Portrait of a Radical High School Program, 1971

World War II: Photos We Remember history

World War II: Photos We Remember

Happily displaying the Israeli flag shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel, exact location unknown, May 1948. history

Born Under Fire: Rare Photos From the Birth of Israel

Foodland supermarket, Hawaii, 1959. history

Hawaii Before Statehood: Color Photos, 1959

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