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James Dean, on the studio lot in Hollywood. 1955. people

See Photos of James Dean on the Cusp of Stardom

A disintegrating crown of leaves is about to be dumped by Vicky Blickman on unsuspecting Paul Bassett. nature

Relive Your Childhood With These Photos of Kids Frolicking in Autumn Leaves

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Go Behind the Lens of That Famous V-J Day Kiss in Times Square

The 1st Cavalry in Korea, July 1950. history

See Photos from the Early Days of the Korean War

Children demonstrate how to watch a solar eclipse in 1963 nature

How to Watch the Solar Eclipse Like a 1960s School Kid

Dancers photographed from above with a Polaroid SX-70 camera, 1972. arts & entertainment

Gorgeous Early Polaroids: A LIFE Photographer Plays With the SX-70

Subway entrance, Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946. destinations

Hipsterless Brooklyn: Vintage Photos From a Vanished World

Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches toward a stricken comrade after a fierce firefight south of the DMZ, Vietnam, October 1966. history

Portrait From Hell: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966

Adolf Eichmann awaits trial in Israel, 1961. history

Adolf Eichmann in Israel: Portraits of a Nazi War Criminal

Scene inside a New York City speakeasy during Prohibition, 1933. destinations

Prohibition’s Last Call: Inside the Speakeasies of New York in 1933

LIFE magazine cover created for the movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. people

‘Walter Mitty’ and the LIFE Magazine Covers That Never Were

In aura of fun and well-being, students dance in gym of Carlsbad's high school at weekly "Sock Hop" to music of a 12-piece student band. arts & entertainment

‘The Luckiest Generation’: LIFE With Teenagers in 1950s America

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