#life magazine

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Showgirls Play Chess Backstage at the Latin Quarter Nightclub

Gordon Parks, “The Girls Backstage,” Life, Dec 22, 1958

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Marilyn Monroe (1952)

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high schoolers photographed by arthur schatz for life magazine, 1969📚

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In 1963 photographer Bert Stern photographed some of the top actors/actresses at the height of their fame playing their dream roles for a photo series in LIFE magazine's December 20, 1963 issue.

Cary Grant as Charlie Chaplin's Tramp / Audrey Hepburn as Pearl White in 'Perils of Pauline' / Tony Curtis & Natalie Wood as Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky in 'The Sheik' / Paul Newman as a Douglas Fairbanks Sr. swashbuckler / Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin as Judah Ben-Hur and Messala from 'Ben-Hur' / Bing Crosby & Bob Hope as 1930s gangsters / Jack Lemmon as a war pilot / Shirley MacLaine as one of Busby Berkeley's showgirls / Rock Hudson as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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A scene from a road trip through the American Northwest, 1960.

J.R. Eyerman The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock

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Prehistoric lunar volcano. Life. December 15, 1958. Cover detail.

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Birthday remembrance - Dame Elizabeth Taylor

Photographed by Philippe Halsman for LIFE Magazine in October 1948.

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The 1964 eruption of Mt. Etna l Sicily, Italy l LIFE

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Eartha Kitt photographed by Gordon Parks for LIFE magazine in New York City, 1952.

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Sunglasses, 1965

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Actress and pin-up model Vikki Dougan

Ralph Crane, Life, 1957

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A couple heads out on a hike.

Japan

1958

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Jane Fonda photographed by Bill Ray, 1971. LIFE Magazine.

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Robert McCall, 1964.