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Margaret Bourke-White's struggle with Parkinson's disease. lifestyle

LIFE Shared This Remarkable Parkinson’s Disease Story in 1959. A Lot Has Changed Since Then

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

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

"Carrion birds feast on victims of bloody religious riot in India." (Calcutta, 1946) history

‘Vultures of Calcutta’: The Gruesome Aftermath of India’s 1946 Hindu-Muslim Riots

Scene in Queens, New York, before the April 30, 1939, grand opening of the World's Fair. destinations

‘The World of Tomorrow’: Scenes From the 1939 New York World’s Fair

Colorado farming family during 1954 Dust Bowl. history

‘Plague Upon the Land’: Scenes From an American Dust Bowl, 1954

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

Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945

Workers on Montana's Fort Peck Dam blow off steam at night, 1936. history

LIFE’s First-Ever Cover Story: Building the Fort Peck Dam, 1936

Margaret Bourke-White's favorite self-portrait, made with the U.S. 8th Air Force in 1943. history

‘Great Lady With a Camera’: Margaret Bourke-White, American Original

African-American maid prepares a white family's supper in Greenville, SC, 1956. history

LIFE and Civil Rights: Segregation in 1956 South Carolina

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