LIFE Magazine Photo Archive

Google is hosting the LIFE magazine photo archive.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life

I guess that it is somewhat like the shorpy blog, but this is more commercial and more professional. You also have a search function.

Anyway, I went trawling through the archive to find some photos to show you:

Cowboy Ralph Wellard sporting some decent cuffs. 1943

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Unnamed cowboy with cloth to stop lip burn. I thought it was to rob a bank. Also note his shirtcuff extension. I need something like that for Japanese sized shirts. 1939
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Navy Pilots in flight jackets 1952
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More Pilots 1952
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Ranchers 1952
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Col. Henry Russell Spicer. Nice pipe! 1948
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Gregory Peck for the movie "Twelve O'Clock High". 1950

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More Pilots 1942 - 1961
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Captain Bus Loane formerly of the Flying Tigers. Nice cardigan, and carrying his A-2. 1948
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Girl Pilot. I love her cap.
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Excellent texture in this photo of a dude in denim overalls playing the spoons. 1941

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Overalls and a train cap? 1955
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The Overalls Band. Perhaps it's the same dude playing the spoons. 1941
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Earl Nesbitt in cowboy boots.
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Girls in Denim and Saddle Shoes. Those shoes are spectacular.
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A Girl combining those saddle shoes with the cap from further above.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?imgurl=1c43d32b09cad14b
She's awesome. Look at the eyelets on those shoes.