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 competitors …

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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 polarizing war, racial …

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 and online: …

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When LIFE magazine visited Big Sur in 1959, the Esalen Institute was three years from opening, but the coastal community had long been attracting free-thinking types.

The breadth of the GE operations underlines the great variety of activity that legendary LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt documented when he gained access to the General Electric …

America has a lot going for it, and the ability to feed itself would be at the top of the list. The country is rich in arable farmland. This important truth is one that suffuses this collection of harvest-time photos …

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The following text is adapted from the introduction to LIFE’s new special issue The Smurfs, available at newsstands and online. In 2011, people around the world donned white caps and pants and painted …