The Picture Show

A young girl talking to Santa Claus on the telephone, 1947. Martha Holmes/Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images hide caption

A previously unpublished photo shows training with gas masks in Hawaii, early 1942. William C. Shrout/Life hide caption

The haunting image of David Kirby's death, taken by journalism student Therese Frare in 1990, became an iconic image of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that, by then, had seen as many as 12 million people infected. Therese Frare/Life hide caption

The Kennedys at John F. Kennedy's inauguration ceremony. Paul Schutzer/LIFE hide caption

Actors, including Audrey Hepburn, take a break during location filming for Breakfast At Tiffany's in 1961.

Ball does a comedy bit on the set of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, 1958. Leonard McCombe/LIFE hide caption

Glenn, his daughter, Lyn (left), wife Annie, son David and Vice President Lyndon Johnson at Cape Canaveral in 1962, two days after his historic orbital flight in Friendship 7. Ralph Morse/LIFE hide caption

Rare color photos taken by Life photographer Frank Scherschel show quiet scenes in the days before and after D-Day in 1944; Scherschel did not record caption information for each individual image, but together they tell an unusually vivid story of a typically black-and-white era. Frank Scherschel/LIFE hide caption

Willie Mays in midair, 1954 Loomis Dean/LIFE hide caption

"Freedom Riders" traveled on buses through the South to test new anti-discrimination laws. Paul Schutzer/Life hide caption

Photographer Mark Kauffman captured the young actress and her home life in 1948. The pin she is wearing belonged to Glenn Davis, a 1946 Heisman Trophy-winning athlete she was dating at the time. Mark Kauffman /Life hide caption

Harvesting flax, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1948 Merlyn Severn/Getty Images hide caption

Muhammad Ali dodges a hook thrown by Joe Frazier. Knocked down in the 15th and final round, Ali lost by a unanimous decision, his first professional defeat. John Shearer/LIFE hide caption

Strongman J, Rolleano bears the weight of a Citroen motor car on his chest, at Tillings Yard, circa 1932. Getty Images via LIFE hide caption

The ruins of what was once the World Trade Center towers became known as Ground Zero -- a smoldering pit in America's financial center -- with the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Alex Fuchs/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

"It was a bit like watching a filmstrip," the photographer is quoted as saying by 'LIFE,' "with scenes popping up and disappearing. I saw some very strange things, of course -- but mostly large numbers of people in the countryside, red flags flying nearby with messages printed on them exhorting them to work." Gary Knight/VII/Courtesy of LIFE hide caption

A cigarette holder built for two, circa 1955 Jacobsen/Three Lions/Getty Images hide caption

The 'Barbecue King' infra-red cooking unit, on show at the United States Trade Centre catering equipment exhibition in London. Reg Speller/Getty Images hide caption