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Crazy Swim Caps 1959 lifestyle

The One Vintage Beach Accessory That Needs to Make a Comeback

Folk singer Joan Baez on the beach near her home in Carmel, California, in 1962. people

See Photos of a Young Joan Baez as She Began a Life of Music and Activism

Black Cat Audition, 1961 animals

Scary Movie? 152 Black Cats at an Audition

The Spahn Movie Ranch, home to the Manson Family in the late 1960s and occasional location for filming of Westerns. people

The Manson Family’s California Hovels: Scenes From the Bottomless Pit

Children walk on a spit of rocks at Mirror Lake in Yosemite National Park, 1962. destinations

Vintage Yosemite: Breathtaking Photos of a National Treasure, 1962

1964 Winter Olympics arts & entertainment

Winter Olympics Flashback: Innsbruck, 1964

LIFE With the Astrochimps: Early Stars of the Space Race animals

Astrochimps: Early Stars of the Space Race

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

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

Surfing, 1959. destinations

Hawaii Before Statehood: Color Photos, 1959

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Alaska: In Praise of Big Country

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