Today we remember September, 11th 2001 and honor all those who lost their lives 22 years ago. #neverforget (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1983/LIFE Picture Collection)

California was admitted as the 31st state of the union on this day, September 9, in 1850. By the early 1960s it became the most populous U.S. state, and is one of the country's wealthiest and most socially and politically influential states. (LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #California #Statehood #USA #Anniversary #1800s

One year ago today on September 8th, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, died at Balmoral Castle at age 96, after reigning for 70 years. (📷 Mansell Collection/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #MansellCollection #QueenElizabeth #OnThisDay #LIFELegends #BritishRoyalFamily

Child on a tricycle petting a precious pup, 1949! 🐾 (📷 Loomis Dean/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LoomisDean #1940s #DogsofInstagram #Puppy #USA

In a 1946 issue, LIFE took its readers on a tour of the Washington D.C. campus of Howard University. Howard was founded in 1867 after the end of the Civil War and is named after Oliver O. Howard, a white Union general and proponent of Black education who served as the school’s’ first president. Documenting the world of Howard was legendary LIFE staff photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. His photos are wide-ranging, showing students in the classroom, in athletic competition and at leisure, sporting the latest fashions. Click the link in bio to read more! (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #AlfredEisenstaedt #HowardUniversity #1940s #Campus #HigherEducation

The first women who came to Princeton applied without knowing if they were eligible to be admitted, and the 1969 decision to go co-ed wasn’t welcomed by everyone. An opposition group called Concerned Alumni of Princeton pushed to make sure that adding women didn’t mean fewer slots for men, so that first class included 101 women and 820 men in the freshman class. LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt covered the arrival of women on campus in 1969, click the link in bio to see more! (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #AlfredEisenstaedt #Princeton #College #University #HigherEducation #1960s #Women

The start of fall semester for college students is upon us, and this week we are featuring stories from the LIFE archive all about higher education. 📚 Heading off to college is an adventure like no other. In 1951 LIFE chronicled that experience through the eyes of Mary Lloyd-Rees, a first-year student at Wellesley College, an all-girls school in Massachusetts. Photographer Lisa Larsen followed Lloyd-Rees as she said goodbye to her father, decorated her room, met new people, and learned to manage life on her own. Click the link in bio to read more! (📷 Lisa Larsen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LisaLarsen #College #HigherEducation #1950s #FallSemester

We are clinging onto summer with California swimsuit fashions from 1945! ☀️ (📷 Walter Sanders/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #WalterSanders #California #Swimsuit #Fashion #Style #1940s #Beach

LIFE Magazine cover from August 24, 1942, featuring models wearing Johnny Jeep hats. Click the link in our bio to see the full issue! (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFECover #1940s #NinaLeen #Fashion #Hats #Accessories #OnthisDay

Portrait of singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge in 1951 taken by Ed Clark. Edward (Ed) Clark, like most of LIFE’S photographers, had a knack for capturing the essence of people, for laying claim to their most characteristic moments, and he had this ability in spades. Click the link in bio to read more! (📷 Ed Clark/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #DorothyDandridge #EdClark #Photographer #Portrait #1950s

Photo of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France taken by LIFE photographer Eliot Elisofon for a series about great sites around the world, 1962. Click the link in bio to see more photos from the City of Light! ✨ (📷 Eliot Elisofon/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #Paris #France #ArcdeTriomphe #TravelTuesday #EliotElisofon #1960s

Professional dancers Willa Mae Ricker and Leon James show off the Lindy Hop, a dance style born in the 1920s and has continued to evolve over the past century! (📷 Gjon Mili, 1943/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #GjonMili #1940s #LindyHop #Dancers