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Here’s how LIFE described the importance of Bethlehem: In Bethlehem priests speak many languages, for this is a place sacred to Christians of all lands and groupings—Orthodox, …

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In 1949 LIFE magazine took its readers on an extreme river adventure in a story headlined “Shooting the Salmon.” The headline referred to the Salmon River, which cuts through central …

In 1971 LIFE reported from Aspen, where young people in search of adventure were moving to the Colorado resort town. What’s more, there was a demographic wrinkle—a majority (about …

LIFE staff photographer Francis Miller was given great access to Him and Her, and he came to the White House prepared to make the most of it. An animal lover himself, Miller brought a full …

LIFE photographer John Olson was on hand to document the scene, and he had fun highlighting the juxtaposition of Meyer and his actresses exploring the school’s neo-Gothic architecture. In …

“I find at present penguins are the only comfort in life. One feels everything in the world so sympathetically ridiculous, one can’t be angry when one looks at a Penguin.” And yet plenty of …

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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 coverage to ever …