Skip to content
LIFE
Shop Latest Issue

History

Latest

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

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

Armed forces of new state are built on Haganah militia. Members are shown here riding trucks down Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway to go into action near Bab el Wad. history

Born Under Fire: Rare Photos From the Birth of Israel

Surfing, 1959. history

Hawaii Before Statehood: Color Photos, 1959

Jimmy Stewart on the phone, 1945 history

Jimmy Stewart, 1945: A War Hero Comes Home

Hundreds of corpses on the ground beneath trees at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, April 1945. history

At the Gates of Hell: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, April 1945

World Trade Center 1983 history

Lower Manhattan’s Lost Anchors: Remembering the Twin Towers

December 5, 1969 issue of LIFE Magazine history

American Atrocity: Remembering My Lai

history

‘Spanish Village’: W. Eugene Smith’s Landmark Photo Essay

Klan initiates (including some Atlanta policemen) stand before a burning cross during a ritual in Georgia, 1946. history

Bigotry in the USA: Photos From a Ku Klux Klan Initiation

Pope Pius XI, whose desire to be buried below St. Peter's nave led to the historic excavations, lies in his stone sarcophagus in renovated upper grottoes. history

LIFE at the Vatican: Unearthing History Beneath St. Peter’s

Tears stream down the cheeks of accordion-playing Chief Petty Officer (USN) Graham Jackson as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's flag-draped funeral train leaves Warm Springs, Ga., April 13, 1945. history

Mourning FDR: In a Classic Photo, the Face of a Nation’s Loss

history

LIFE in the Middle East: Power and Petroleum in the Gulf in 1945

1 … 24 25 26 27 28 29

Subscribe to the LIFE Newsletter

Travel back in time with treasured photos and stories, sent right to your inbox

Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Service Data Policy California Do Not Sell
© 2025 LIFE All Rights Reserved.
  • Animals
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Destinations
  • History
  • Lifestyle
  • Nature
  • People
  • Photographers
  • Life Newsletter
  • The Life Picture Collection

Follow Life

Latest Issue