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The Way-Out Way of Life, 1962

In fall 1962, California surpassed New York in population to become the most populous state in the United States. The…

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28 Days in Communist Cuba by Rene Burri, 1963

In October 1962, right after the Cuban missile crisis, Che Guevara, invited Look magazine reporter Laura Bergquist to Havana.

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The Sioux by John Vachon, 1955

John Vachon, a taciturn, brooding, hard-drinking photographer, traveled around America and around the world for nearly forty years taking photos…

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Jim Crow, Northern Style, by Doug Jones & John Vachon, 1956

In 1956, photographers Doug Jones and John Vachon accompanied Look magazine writer George Leonard to Philadelphia for a story called…

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The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – Look Magazine, 1969

Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times and the…

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Revolt of Arab Refugees, 1969

In 1969 issue, Look magazine profiled Fatah and PLO, earlier incarnations of the Palestinian movement. Reporter Christopher Wren and photographer…

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The President and His Son, 1963

A month before he was assassinated, John F. Kennedy invited Alan Stanley Tretick, a Look photographer, to photograph him and…

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Czechoslovakia by Prague Photographer, 1969

In late 1969, there appeared in The Sunday Times Magazine in the UK and Look Magazine in the US the…

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Famine in Bihar, 1951

In 1951, Werner Bischof travelled to India to cover on famine and starvation conditions that existed in vast swarths of…

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