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Life Magazine, Chronicler of 20th-Century America, Rises Again • Oct. 28, 2026, 8:00 AM ET (New York Times)

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Cover of the first issue of Life magazine, November 23, 1936. The cover photograph is of Fort Peck Dam in Montana by Margaret Bourke-White.
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