{"id":370,"date":"2026-04-12T13:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/rest-for-the-weary-images-of-sleep\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:45:28","slug":"rest-for-the-weary-images-of-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/rest-for-the-weary-images-of-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest for the Weary: Images of Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don’t have to read too much about health to understand the importance of a good night’s sleep. As the National Institutes of Health puts its it<\/a>, “Getting inadequate sleep over time can raise your risk for chronic (long-term) health problems. It can also affect how well you think, react, work, learn, and get along with others.”<\/p>\n

In short, it’s really important. And with an eye toward that, we present this gallery of people getting some much-needed shut eye in a wide variety of situations, including some truly difficult ones.<\/p>\n

In this gallery we see American soldiers napping on a transport vehicle after a fight during the Vietnam war. An image from World War II shows an American soldier sleeping on a pile of rocks during a campaign toward Rome. Also from World War II we see a child asleep in a Naples cave after having taken refuge there from the attacks on his city. <\/p>\n

We also see people dozing in much more innocent circumstances\u2014sometimes unintentionally. For instance, we see a U.S. Secretary of State, Christian A. Herter<\/a>, and a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, James J. Wadsworth<\/a>, nodding off during a speech at the General Assembly. <\/p>\n

We also see several photos of children asleep during a school’s naptime. Two of those photos are from the U.S. and another is from Russia. A recent Penn study found that children who nap regularly are happier, behave better and are more likely succeed academically<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boxer Billy Arnold<\/a> knew the value of a nap\u2014we see him catching one before a fight. Violinist Alexander Schneider<\/a>, once described “as one of the most unquenchably energetic figures in the public musical life of the USA,” in shown sleeping on a sofa between concerts.<\/p>\n

If seeing all these photos makes you think about getting a better night’s sleep, here’s a story with some helpful advice<\/a>. One of the tips is to nap when you need to\u2014a command many of the people in these photos were ready to obey.<\/p>\n

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Elementary school children took a rest period in classroom in the coal mining town of Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, April 1943.<\/p>\n

Alfred Eisenstaedt\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Children napped during the school day, 1939.<\/p>\n

Hansel Mieth\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Naptime at a Russian kindergarten, 1960.<\/p>\n

Carl Mydans\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter (front left) and Ambassador to the U.N. James J. Wadsworth (front right) dozed during speech at United Nations General Assembly, 1960.<\/p>\n

Ralph Crane\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern, next to his wife, Eleanor, slept on his campaign plane, 1972.<\/p>\n

Bill Eppridge\/Life Pictures\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Boxer Billy Arnold napped before a fight, New York City, 1944.<\/p>\n

Alfred Eisenstaedt\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Violinist Alexander Schneider napped between performances of the Budapest String Quartet in Seattle, 1957.<\/p>\n

Gjon Mili\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Author W. Somerset Maugham napped in a hammock while summering on Cape Cod, 1944.<\/p>\n

Alfred Eisenstaedt\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Racing fans at the Indianapolis 500 in 1939.<\/p>\n

Alfred Eisenstaedt\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Spectators at Cape Kennedy, Florida dozed atop of cars awaiting the takeoff of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, 1969.<\/p>\n

Bill Eppridge\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Boys slept on subway car during a family trip to New York City, 1959.<\/p>\n

Stan Wayman\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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American Marines of 7th Regiment took the chance to sleep in an amphibious landing vehicle following intense fighting in the area around Cape Batangan during the Vietnam War, 1965..<\/p>\n

Paul Schutlzer\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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An American soldier slept on a pile of rocks during the drive towards Rome, 1944.<\/p>\n

Carl Mydans\/Life Pictures\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Members of Provincial National Police Chief “Tiger” Kim Chong Yon’s police volunteers slept before he sent them out to guard supply routes from attacks by North Korean-inspired Communist guerrillas that attack their farms and villages, 1952..<\/p>\n

Margaret Bourke-White\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A man napped in Hyde Park, 1951.<\/p>\n

Cornell Capa\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A child slept in a large cave in Naples, Italy where many had taken refuge from air attacks during World War II, September 1943.<\/p>\n

Margaret Bourke-White\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A child in a home filled with modern furniture found a place to sleep, 1948.<\/p>\n

Joseph Scherschel\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A United Fruit worker in Guatemala napped on a bench with his infant son, 1953.<\/p>\n

Cornell Capa\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A model posed for a story about proper sleep habits, 1943.<\/p>\n

Gjon Mili\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The post Rest for the Weary: Images of Sleep<\/a> appeared first on LIFE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You don’t have to read too much about health to understand the importance of a good night’s sleep. As the National Institutes of Health puts its it, “Getting inadequate sleep over ti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballparkplaceapts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}