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.

4 days ago · Here’s how LIFE described the social life there in a story in its June 4, 1945 issue: …At Connecticut College, girls have more boyfriends than in the palmy days when the college derived …

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 …

The cultural influences from music, movies, theater, and design that have helped shaped the world we live in today.

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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.

LIFE was very much aware of this change as it was happening, and worried that it was bad for the country. The magazine fretted in 1948 that the decline of the family farm might also signal the decline …

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 and online: …

s Walter Sanders Eric Schaal David E. Scherman Joe Scherschel Frank Scherschel Paul Schutzer John Shearer Sam Shere William C. Shrout George Silk George Skadding W. Eugene Smith Ian Smith …