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.

4 days ago · You’re able to take life as it comes when you’re bound to a core belief that things are going to turn out all right. Above all, in the pages of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, there’s an …

Here, LIFE.com presents pictures made in the Nevada desert by photographer Loomis Dean shortly after a 1955 atomic bomb test. These are not “political” pictures.

See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades.

destinations What Fun Looked Like in Brussels, 1945. destinations The Bohemian Life in Big Sur, 1959 destinations The Vanishing Great Salt Lake in More Buoyant Times destinations “For …

LIFE.com presents a series of photos of high school students wearing "hippie fashions" in cities around the United States in 1969.

History Latest history LIFE’s Favorite Photos of America’s Harvesters history The Mona Lisa’s One and Only Visit to America history Proper Teenagers in a Post-War World history Pushing …

See photographs and read stories about global icons - the actors, athletes, politicians, and community members that make our world come to life.

Here, LIFE.com presents a gallery of pictures—none of which ran in the magazine—by LIFE’s Ed Clark, a Tennessean with a profound talent for capturing the essence of people, both famous …

Co Rentmeester took countless memorable photographs during his years as a LIFE photographer, on a wide range of subjects, from the Watts riots to the war in Vietnam to snow …