photo by Nina Leenfor LIFE Magazine, 1946

photo by Nina Leen
for LIFE Magazine, 1946

picketer at the Chesapeake Potomac Telephone strikephoto by Yale Joel, 1947
Happy May Day

picketer at the Chesapeake Potomac Telephone strike
photo by Yale Joel, 1947

Happy May Day

LIFE archives photographer unknown   

LIFE archives 
photographer unknown   

photo by George Skadding, 1948

photo by George Skadding, 1948

Who wouldn’t want to be Miss Tire and Battery?
drive-thru glamour at the Muller Bros Car Washphoto by Allan Grant, 1951 

Who wouldn’t want to be Miss Tire and Battery?

drive-thru glamour at the Muller Bros Car Wash
photo by Allan Grant, 1951 

dancer Tanaquil LeClercq photo by Gjon Mili, 1951

dancer Tanaquil LeClercq 
photo by Gjon Mili, 1951

photo by Nina Leen, 1947

photo by Nina Leen, 1947

New York City Ballet dancers rehearsingphoto by Gjon Mili, 1972

New York City Ballet dancers rehearsing
photo by Gjon Mili, 1972

1940 skeet-shooting champion, Pat Laursonphoto by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE Magazine

1940 skeet-shooting champion, Pat Laurson
photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE Magazine

photographer unknown

photographer unknown

Dear LIFE Archives:I feel like this requires an explanation.
photo by Ralph Morse 

Dear LIFE Archives:
I feel like this requires an explanation.

photo by Ralph Morse 

Alfred Eisenstaedt adjusts Richard Nixon’s tie, 1960

Alfred Eisenstaedt adjusts Richard Nixon’s tie, 1960

light refractionphoto by Nina Leen, 1963

light refraction
photo by Nina Leen, 1963

unknown revelers in Gary, Indianaphoto by Francis Miller, c. 1940s 

unknown revelers in Gary, Indiana
photo by Francis Miller, c. 1940s 

Berlin kids with Christmas tree branches, 1961photo by Paul Schutzer

Berlin kids with Christmas tree branches, 1961
photo by Paul Schutzer