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.
Here’s how LIFE described the social life there in a story in its issue: …At Connecticut College, girls have more boyfriends than in the palmy days when the college derived …
It was a bold notion to name a magazine LIFE. The word life, after all, encompasses everything. The major events that define generations, the fleeting moments that comprise the everyday, the feelings …
See photographs and read stories about global icons - the actors, athletes, politicians, and community members that make our world come to life.
LIFE was very much aware of this change as it was happening, and worried that it was bad for the country. The magazine fretted in 1948 that the decline of the family farm might also signal the decline …
See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades.