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Fashion at the horse races, 1945. lifestyle

Kentucky Derby Fashion Inspiration From 1945

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What Black Friday Looked Like Before It Was Called Black Friday

1948 Macys Thanksgiving Day parade lifestyle

A Brief History of the Balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Hilda, the 15-year-old grande dame of Detroit's bears, cradles her latest set of twins, her fourth pair. animals

See Photos of Endangered Species from the 1960s

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

As the game went into the night, the ash trays overflowed and the air got positively "blue." Reasoning that "if men can take it, so can we," the women continued. history

Partying Politics: LIFE Goes to a Republican Women’s Bacchanal

A Squirrel's Guide to Fashion animals

A Squirrel’s Guide to Fashion

Photo from a public "genius school" for 3-to-11-year-olds at New York's Hunter College, 1948. lifestyle

LIFE Goes to ‘Genius School,’ 1948

Marguerite (right) and her chicken, Paris, 1956. animals

Walking Your Chicken in Paris With Style: A Pictorial Guide

Teenagers at a party in 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; LIFE reported that they "munch doughnuts and sip cokes whenever they are not dancing with serious faces to sentimental music." arts & entertainment

Photographer Spotlight: Nina Leen

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