1960's
Life Magazines from the 1960's
Life Magazine called the 1960s “A Divided Decade” that defied efforts to classify and label it. There was a feeling of hope and optimism as old barriers of race, gender and lifestyle began to break down. At the same time, a wave of violence and unrest was sweeping across the US. LIFE Magazine’s reputation as a top news magazine guaranteed that its stories captured the hope and cynicism that were the hallmark of a tumultuous decade.
LIFE Magazine had a lot to cover in the 1960s. The political scene alone, with the space race, civil rights movement, feminist movement, anti-war movement, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Watts race riots and the assassinations of President Kennedy, Malcom X and Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been enough. But covering the cultural revolution - from The Beatles to communes to Woodstock - and the “computer” revolution kept LIFE Magazine reporters scrambling, successfully, for the stories that would make LIFE Magazine that much more important as a historical record.
One of the most important stories that LIFE Magazine would ever cover was the Vietnam War. From sending photographers to the trenches to covering the stories of draft dodgers and deserters, LIFE Magazines during the 1960s explored every aspect of the most highly televised conflict in history. LIFE Magazine would do it’s part to shape the story, as well. One of LIFE’s most memorable stories was from an issue published on June 27, 1969. Editor-in-chief Hedley Donovan approved a yearbook-like spread of photos of the 242 soldiers who died in Vietnam between May 28 and June 3. That feature did what the editor hoped - it burned into the American consciousness the young faces of the men who fought.
So many other pivotal moments in history occurred between 1960 and 1969 that it’s hard to document them here, but LIFE Magazine captured the opinions, words and images that defined an undefinable decade. A look through any one of the LIFE Magazines we carry from the 1960s will give you an up-close look at history being made.
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January 25, 1960 Sports Illustrated Russian Hockey
Starting at: $13.95
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February 1, 1960 Sports Illustrated Betsy Snite, US Skier
Starting at: $13.95
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February 8, 1960 Sports Illustrated Bedlington Dog
Starting at: $13.95
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February 22, 1960 Sports Illustrated Elliot Burch, Horse Trainer
Starting at: $13.95
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March 28, 1960 Sports Illustrated James Leisenring, fishing
Starting at: $13.95
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April 25, 1960 Sports Illustrated Dallas Long (Shotput)
Starting at: $13.95
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May 16, 1960 Sports Illustrated Kentucky Derby
Starting at: $13.95
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May 23, 1960 Sports Illustrated San Francisco Giants
Starting at: $13.95
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June 6, 1960 Sports Illustrated Red Schoendienst
Starting at: $13.95
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June 20, 1960 Sports Illustrated Ingemar Johansson, Boxing
Starting at: $13.95
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July 11, 1960 Sports Illustrated Jim Beatty
Starting at: $13.95
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July 18, 1960 Sports Illustrated San Francisco Giants
Starting at: $13.95
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July 25, 1960 Sports Illustrated Pacific Regatta
Starting at: $13.95
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August 1, 1960 Sports Illustrated Mike Troy Swimmer; PGA GOLF
Starting at: $13.95
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August 22, 1960 Sports Illustrated Barbara McIntire
Starting at: $13.95
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September 26, 1960 Sports Illustrated Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns
Starting at: $13.95
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October 10, 1960 Sports Illustrated Washington Huskies-Navy game
Starting at: $13.95
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November 7, 1960 Sports Illustrated Down with Gourmets
Starting at: $13.95
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November 21, 1960 Sports Illustrated Skiing
Starting at: $13.95
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November 28, 1960 Sports Illustrated Joe Bellino, Navy football
Starting at: $13.95
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January 30, 1961 Sports Illustrated Driving Safely
Starting at: $13.95
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February 6, 1961 Sports Illustrated Indoor Track
Starting at: $13.95
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February 20, 1961 Sports Illustrated Billy Casper
Starting at: $13.95
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March 6, 1961 Sports Illustrated Baseball Spring Training
Starting at: $13.95
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March 13, 1961 Sports Illustrated Floyd Patterson, boxing
Starting at: $13.95
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March 27, 1961 Sports Illustrated Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
Starting at: $13.95
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April 3, 1961 Sports Illustrated The Masters
Starting at: $13.95
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April 17, 1961 Sports Illustrated Golden Gate Fishing
Starting at: $13.95
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May 8, 1961 Sports Illustrated Gary Player
Starting at: $13.95
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June 5, 1961 Sports Illustrated Yachting
Starting at: $13.95
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June 12, 1961 Sports Illustrated U.S. Open Golf
Starting at: $13.95
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June 19, 1961 Sports Illustrated Earl Young
Starting at: $13.95
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July 17, 1961 Sports Illustrated Valeri Brumel
Starting at: $13.95
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July 24, 1961 Sports Illustrated Fishing
Starting at: $13.95
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August 14, 1961 Sports Illustrated Murray Rose, USC Swimmer
Starting at: $13.95
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August 28, 1961 Sports Illustrated Jockey Johnny Sellers
Starting at: $13.95
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January 8, 1962 Sports Illustrated Jerry Lucas
Starting at: $13.95
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January 29, 1962 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Starting at: $13.95
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March 5, 1962 Sports Illustrated Casey Stengel
Starting at: $13.95
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March 12, 1962 Sports Illustrated Kentucky Derby early favorites
Starting at: $13.95