Life magazine has chronicled the news in pictures for nearly 90 years. To mark the milestone anniversary, ... Hallsman’s image made the 1952 issue one of Life magazine’s most collectible.

W hile the legend of Marilyn Monroe will always be closely associated with LIFE—her first cover shoot for the magazine, in April 1952, made by the great Philippe Halsman, remains one of the most ...

Life magazines offer an affordable, readily available way to glance at events, places and people that shaped the past. Actually, there have been two Life magazines. From 1883 until the mid-1930s ...