On This Day in History - April 13, 1870. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was officially incorporated into New York City. The Met is, today, one of the most-known and most-visited museums in the world! (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1938/LIFE Picture Collection)

Two women dressed for a garden party in 1934. 🌼 (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection)

American photographer Bob Landry crouches down with his camera to lineup a shot, 1945. Learn more about one of LIFE's most praiseworthy photographers by clicking the link below! 📸 life-magazine.visitlink.me/mdj5N9 (LIFE Picture Collection)

View of the Brooklyn Bridge at night against the background of Lower Manhattan in New York City, 1948. (📷 Andreas Feininger/LIFE Picture Collection)

Photos of the British Isles' coastline and the strange rock formations that line the shore, 1952. (📷 Nat Farbman/LIFE Picture Collection)

Springtime comes to Brooklyn, 1941. Click the link below to see more spring snaps from one of New York's beautiful boroughs! 🌸 life-magazine.visitlink.me/5Hx22_ (📷 Ralph Morse/LIFE Picture Collection)

Photos from the 1950 Holland Tulip Festival in Holland, Michigan. 🌷 (📷 George Skadding/LIFE Picture Collection)

Images from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 1957. (📷 James Burke/LIFE Picture Collection)

There’s Quaint, and Then There’s a Story on Phone-Obsessed Teens from 1956. The power of the cell is new, the phenomenon of teenagers addicted to phones goes back to the days of the rotary dial. Click below to see more! life-magazine.visitlink.me/4tcLFr (📷 Grey Villet/LIFE Picture Collection)

Happy First Day of Spring! 🌷 Wishing you the best official start of the spring season (and warmer weather) from the LIFE Picture Collection! (📷 Ralph Crane, 1962/LIFE Picture Collection)

Striking images of Venice, Italy in the twilight of winter - 1952. See more dreamy photos of Vintage Venice, In and Out of Season by clicking the link below! 🌍 life-magazine.visitlink.me/6fXPSx (📷 Dmitri Kessel/LIFE Picture Collection)

Actor Errol Flynn with his dog at the helm of his yacht while enjoying a fishing vacation in 1941. (📷 Peter Stackpole/LIFE Picture Collection)

Images of the New York Public Library in New York City, 1944. 📚 (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection)

On This Day in History - Modernists American Painter Georgia O'Keeffe passed away in 1986 at age 98. 1966 John Loengard was dispatched to New Mexico, to the artist’s second home at Ghost Ranch, and the result was a cover story and 13-page photo spread in the March 1, 1968 issue of LIFE magazine.

Young girl holding a kitten during the blessing of animals in a Catholic Church in England, 1949. (📷 Mark Kauffman/LIFE Picture Collection)

View of Big Ben tower and clock from Parliament Square, 1949. Click below to see more dynamic destinations from the LIFE archive! life-magazine.visitlink.me/E1pmMy (📷 William Sumits/LIFE Picture Collection)

John Shearer captured iconic moments, he was on staff from 1970-1972 and became the second African-American photographer for LIFE. More about Shearer, below! ⬇️ life-magazine.visitlink.me/XoakZt (📷 Henry Groskinsky, 1971/LIFE Picture Collection)

On This Day in History - February 26th, 1919. The Grand Canyon is officially designated a National Park by President Woodrow Wilson! (📷 Frank Scherschel, 1946/LIFE Picture Collection)

Different sets of triplets posing together in a portrait series. 12 sets of triplets modeled for the magazine in Chicago, Illinois in 1949. More from LIFE Visits a Triplets Club, below! ⬇️ life-magazine.visitlink.me/zL2F0a (📷 Michael Rougier & Francis Miller/LIFE Picture Collection)

Aerial view of a DC-4 passenger plane flying over Midtown Manhattan, New York City - 1939. (📷 Margaret Bourke-White/LIFE Picture Collection)

On February 20th, 1962, Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. On the Friendship 7 aircraft, Glenn successfully launched into space on the first orbital flight by an U.S. Astronaut - he spent 5 hours outside of the atmosphere. (📷 Ralph Morse, 1961/LIFE Picture Collection)

Sunlight streaming through the California Redwoods, 1967. See more notable images of nature from the LIFE archive by clicking the link below! life-magazine.visitlink.me/FesdHP (📷 Ralph Crane/LIFE Picture Collection)

Waiter Rene Brequet, with a tray of cocktails, skating around an ice-rink serving patrons at the Grand Hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1932/LIFE Picture Collection)

Actor Montgomery Clift jokingly lifting actress Elizabeth Taylor off the ground, outside the sound stages at Paramount Studios during the filming of "A Place in the Sun". More photos from the set, below! life-magazine.visitlink.me/GTz_BC (📷 Peter Stackpole, 1950/LIFE Picture Collection)

Part 3 of 3 - Literary England: Landscape and architecture that has inspired British prose and poetry for centuries. See the LIFE article from 1943 featuring England's serene scenery by clicking the link below! life-magazine.visitlink.me/_YGJz4 (📷 David E. Scherman/LIFE Picture Collection)

Happy Day of Love! ❤️ Have you ever wondered why Roses are the traditional flower for Valentine's Day? Their meaning stems from the Victorian era, when bouquets dotted with roses were used to deliver messages to love interests. (📷 Dmitri Kessel, 1941/LIFE Picture Collection)

Part 2 of 3 - Literary England: Landscape and architecture that has inspired British prose and poetry for centuries. See the LIFE article from 1943 featuring England's serene scenery by clicking the link below! life-magazine.visitlink.me/sAPue8 (📷 David E. Scherman/LIFE Picture Collection)

Part 1 of 3 - Literary England: Landscape and architecture that has inspired British prose and poetry for centuries. See the LIFE article from 1943 featuring England's serene scenery by clicking the link below! life-magazine.visitlink.me/1hQNse (📷 David E. Scherman/LIFE Picture Collection)

Models wearing spring hat fashions in the snow, 1958. (📷 Yale Joel/LIFE Picture Collection)

Fruit growers Wayne Deming and his son Douglas using stilts that they invented to prune trees in half the usual time, 1960. (📷 Ralph Crane/LIFE Picture Collection)