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The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special tribute issue, Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life, which is available online and at newsstands. When James Earl Carter died at his home in …

4 days ago · LIFE first reported on the burgeoning trend in a 1938 story titled “ Dark Glasses are New Fad for Wear on City Streets.” Here’s how LIFE introduced the topic back then:

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.

LIFE described the planning of the wedding as “a full-time job,” and Leen documented all that went into it. That included the dress shopping, the cake selection, the addressing of the …

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history Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life history Meet Lady Wonder, the Psychic Horse Who Appeared Twice in LIFE history “For Here Was Born Hope”: Christmas and Easter in Bethlehem, 1955 …

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 …

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In 1968 LIFE magazine summed up the appeal of French philosopher and author Albert Camus with a single sentence: “Camus looked directly into the darkness as saw sun—the human …