> In 1936, what was featured on the cover of the first issue of Life magazine?And the answer: construction of a dam. Photo credit: NPR.orgLong before Instagram, there was Life magazine. Its first cover in 1936 depictedthe Fort Peck Dam along the Missouri River, in the American state of Montana.The photographer was documentarian and war photojournalist MargaretBourke-White.Life magazine was a pioneer in the quickly evolving world of photojournalism.The magazine's founder, Henry Luce, embarked on a novel mission of visuallyshowing the world's news instead of telling all about it. Each photographer washighly-skilled in their craft and set a standard of publishing only the best oftheir photographs. The magazine's coverage of World War II, Korea and Vietnamwere largely unmatched at the time of production and deeply moving. At theheight of its popularity, Life had a circulation of over 8 million acrossAmerica. Some timeless American photos that are now revered as American classics werefirst published in Life. Take a look below:"The Kiss" by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1945)"Tank Man" by Stuart Magnum (1989)"Goin'Home" by Ed Clark (1945)Read more about Life's sustained impact on American pop culture here[https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2011/11/04/141885401/at-75-life-revisits-its-first-cover-story].