Do we see a “realer” Marilyn Monroe because she allowed Life photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt into her home in 1953? In the most famous shots, she’s reading; a book, or a script. Such ...

Founded in 1936 with original staff photographers Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Thomas McAvoy, and Peter Stackpole, LIFE magazine is the visual chronicle of the “American century.” Its ...