Experience LIFE's visual record of the 20th century by exploring the most iconic photographs from one of the most famous private photo collections in the world.

Dec 19, 2025 · In 1968 figure skater Peggy Fleming graced the cover of the Feb, 23, 1968 issue of LIFE after winning a gold medal at the Winter Olympics at the age of 19. One of Fleming’s …

Explore 1960s within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.

Carter became such a fixture in public life, it was hard to believe he’d burst onto the national scene seemingly out of nowhere in 1976 to wrest the presidency from Gerald Ford. A …

The cultural influences from music, movies, theater, and design that have helped shaped the world we live in today.

With more than ten million original prints, negatives, slides, and transparency shots, see why LIFE's photo archive will always remain timeless.

The following is adapted from the introduction to LIFE’s newcspecial issue 100 Photographs: The Most Important Pictures of All Time and the Stories Behind Them, available at newsstands …

In 1950, eight years before Alaska officially joined the union, LIFE took its readers to the what was then America’s northernmost territory—a chilly and remote part of Minnesota known as …

The following is from LIFE’s new special issue on Pope Leo XIV, available at newsstands and online: JESUS AND the early Christian evangelists did not necessarily have something called …

Explore World War II within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.