The following is adapted from the introduction to life’s newcspecial issue 100 photographs All 800 paratroopers landed safely (including kuhl, who snapped a photo on the way down for life), despite encountering some initial sniper fire The most important pictures of all time and the stories behind them, available at newsstands and online:
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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 operations back in 1937.
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. The actress, born bettyjane greer, had actually been in life magazine twice before that ’47 cover The following is from the introduction to life’s special tribute issue, jimmy carter A noble life, which is available online and at newsstands
