Smile!
As a visual antidote to the seemingly endless bad news we’ve all endured over the past several months, we offer a selection of iconic, sunny, jubilant pictures from across the decades.
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Caption from LIFE. “In the canopied bed where she has slept since childhood, Judy cuddles her son Dylan, who was born in late February. ‘My son may have been unplanned,’ Judy says, ‘but he is not unloved.’”
Here, a 1971 LIFE story on teen pregnancy.
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Wednesday, May 29th, LIFE’s Ben Cosgrove and Liz Ronk will talk about the history of LIFE Magazine and dig into the archives for a multimedia presentation of some of the most iconic images published in the magazine and it’s current iteration, LIFE.com
More info here.
Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge!
Today we celebrate the remarkable Brooklyn landmark turning 130.
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Teen mom, 1971 edition.
Photos from a 1971 LIFE magazine story on teen pregnancy, “Help for High School Mothers,” chronicling the lives of teen moms and moms-to-be.
(Ralph Crane—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Magnum reports that photographer Wayne Miller has died.
“The first time I met Wayne Miller I was surprised to see a white man. Having known his legendary pictures of the Southside of Chicago for so long, I had always imagined the man to be black. He paved the ground for the rest of us who tried to depict the streets, the real life. He was a pioneer. Only recently, I learned that he served in the navy as a photographer in WWII, and then a contract photographer for LIFE. It might have seemed like golden years for photographers now, but he had to invent himself in many ways, a character trait I highly appreciate in people. With the utmost respect and great sorrow I have to say goodbye to a master I was so fortunate to meet, even if it was only on a few occasions.”
— Alex Majoli, President of Magnum Photos
Bikinis, bunny ears and cowboy boots: LIFE with Hollywood pinups.
(Ed Clark—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Striking photos chronicling the early days in the fight against cancer.
(Walter Sanders—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
We like his glasses. What about you?
On this day in LIFE — May 17, 1968: The Generation Gap
Photos from the annual bee market at Veenendaal — “the biggest in Europe,” according to LIFE.
Natalie Wood relaxes on a sailboat during the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. See more photos here.
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In LIFE’s own words:
The idea behind the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps is simply this: Women can do some of the jobs that men are doing in the Army. By taking over these jobs, they can release men for active or combat duty. For instance, if too many service troops are ordered away from a post, the post commander will send in a call for some WAACs. Pretty soon a WAAC contingent — probably a company — will descend on him and then disperse about the camp to do clerical work, mess work, light transportation work, mechanics work or any kind of work which women can do as well as men.
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