Group of nuns sailing aboard the SS Manhattan in 1940. Photograph by Thomas D. Mcavoy
The 5th installment in Book Patrol’s new series Life of Google, featuring images from the vast archives of Life magazine that now appear on Google.
Nun using card catalogue in the New York Public Library, 1944. Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Nuns waiting in line in polling station in Milan, Italy. 1948. Photograph by Yale Joel
A nun reading the diary of Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton. Emmitsburg, MD. 1959. Photograph by Hank Walker
Nuns reading about Pope Pius XII’s death in Rome. 1958. Photograph by Mark Kauffman