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LIFE magazine began in 1883 as a lightweight and humor-focused magazine, but when Henry Luce, the owner of TIME magazine, purchased it in 1936, it became a crucial weekly new publication in the U.S. focused on photojournalism.

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Animals

Hands swarmed over a dazed linon cub, Caesar.
Howard Sochurek The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock

arts &
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Freddie Mercury reached out to fans during a September 18, 1984 concert in Paris.
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destinations

Competitors for the world championship danced the Reel of Tulloch, Scotland 1947.
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history

Dennis Wendelken, the winner of the 8th annual Diaper Service Derby at the Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey, 1946.
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lifestyle

This young Texas moviegoer was ready for the main feature, 1949.
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nature

At Green Bay, Wis., paper mill refuse helped turn the municipal beach into a marsh: there had been no swimming there for 25 years.
Alfred Eisenstaedt The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock

people

Bette Davis in front of a plane with her third husband, William Grant Sherry, who was studying to become a pilot under the G.I. Bill.
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