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Bates Littlehales

In this picture from the January 1969 issue, a pharmacy student at Oregon State University gets hands-on learning at a model drug store at the university. The wide-ranging story covered the state of Oregon, with its diverse cities and stunning landscapes.

In this picture from the January 1969 issue, a pharmacy student at Oregon State University gets hands-on learning at a model drug store at the university. The wide-ranging story covered the state of Oregon, with its diverse cities and stunning landscapes.

In this picture from the December 1960 issue, tourists gaze upon Central Park from the top of New York City's RCA Building—now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Central Park is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world, welcoming upwards of 40 million people a year.

In this picture from the October 1969 issue, women trim pineapples on an assembly line at the Dole Company cannery in Honolulu, Hawaii. The story documented the influx of residents and tourists within the islands' first 10 years of statehood.

In the Great Lameshur Bay, Virgin Islands, Dr. Richard Chesher uses a camera housed in a device called an OceanEye, devised by photographer Bates Littlehales—who took this photo. This picture appeared in an August 1971 story about Tektite II, an underwater laboratory.

Oceanographer Sylvia Earle shows engineer Peggy Lucas a handful of algae through the window of the Tektite habitat. They were two of five women who lived in the underwater habitat for two weeks in 1970, studying various aspects of marine life.

Alligators' heads are shorter and wider than crocodiles'. Although heavy and slow on land, they can ambush their prey from the water by lunging at speeds of 30 miles (48 kilometers) per hour.

Fastest of the seals and sea lions, California sea lions can be seen gathered in colonies along the Pacific coastlines of North America.

A male Attwater's prairie chicken stands with his neck sac expanded in a courting display. These endangered birds are found in small numbers in southeast Texas.

Earle shows an algae to a visitor under the waves.