The most important photographs of the 20th century according to LIFE magazine
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By Pictolic https://mail.pictolic.com/article/the-most-important-photographs-of-the-20th-century-according-to-life-magazine.htmlThe last century was the most tragic, memorable and bright for humanity. There were wars, there were important scientific and historical discoveries, there were great people - the history of the 20th century is so multifaceted that you can't remember everything. But we were lucky that in the 20th century there was already photography, thanks to which the next generations will remember this difficult and important time in the history of humanity.
The LIFE magazine archive invites readers to travel briefly to the 20th century and recalls the most important photographs of the past century.
A Walk in the Garden of Eden, 1946, Eugene Smith
Coney Island, View from the Parachute Tower, 1951, Margaret Bourke-White
Victory over Japan Day, Times Square, New York, 1945, Alfred Eisenstaedt
Bwana Devil 3D screening at Paramount Theatre, 1952, J.R. Ayerman
Children at the Tuileries Puppet Theatre, Paris, France, 1963, Alfred Eisenstaedt
Route 66, Arizona, 1947, Andreas Feininger
Willa Mae Ricker and Leon James performing the Lindy dance, New York, 1943, Gyen Mili
DC-4 passenger airliner over Manhattan, 1939, Margaret Bourke-White
Penn Station Clock, New York, 1943, Alfred Eisenstaedt
Drum Major at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951, Alfred Eisenstaedt
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1948, Dmitry Kessel
American baseball player Mickey Mantle, New York, 1965, John Dominis
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