It was a bold notion to name a magazine LIFE. The word life, after all, encompasses everything. The major events that define generations, the fleeting moments that comprise the everyday, the feelings we have and the world we inhabit. As a weekly magazine LIFE covered it all, with a breadth and open-mindedness that looks especially astounding today, when publications and websites tailor their ...
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- a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: a family tragedy. 2. the tragic element of drama, of literature generally, or of life: the tragedy of poverty. 3. a literary composition, as a novel, dealing with a somber theme carried to a tragic conclusion.
Here’s how LIFE described the social life there in a story in its issue: …At Connecticut College, girls have more boyfriends than in the palmy days when the college derived critical advantage from its strategic location between Harvard and Yale.
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.
See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades.
See photographs and read stories about global icons - the actors, athletes, politicians, and community members that make our world come to life.
Visit some of the world's most desirable and desolate locations on Planet Earth through LIFE's extensive natural photography collection.