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Life Magazine, April 13, 1953 - Changing landscape

Life Magazine, April 13, 1953 - Changing landscape

Life Magazine, March 30, 1953 - Coronation fashions

Life Magazine, March 30, 1953 - Coronation fashions

Life Magazine, April 6, 1953 - Lucy, Desi and kids

Original Life Magazine from April 6, 1953 - Lucy, Desi and kids
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These issues are extremely nice. These are in amazing condition and are great for framing or giving as a cherished gift. Some may have very minor defects and address labels.
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These issues are in pretty good shape. These are great for those who want a complete, original, average condition issue to read and enjoy. They may have some light to moderate flaws like small tears, spots, library stamps etc. but would make a great piece of history for the budget minded to mark any occasion.
Some of the contents in this issue
Full page Ethyl corporation ad with 1913 Chevrolet car and others, art by Robert Patterson. Great photos of tornados. Full page Bell Telephone ad with mother and daughter, Betty Miller and Ruby Miller. Duke of Windsor remembers Queen Mary. Franciszek Jarecki escapes from Russia with MIG 15 airplane (this flight to Danish island first mentioned in LIFE March 16, 1953. Full page B&W ad for Fashion Trend furniture with Lucy and Desi. Herbert Brownell Jr. profile. Letter and photo pertain to Ski-saults, somersaults on skis - Dartmouth skiers John Bowler, John Carleton, mentions Gus Paulsen did is first in 1913. Coffee ad featuring clown Emmett Kelly. Indian pilgrims pour into Mysore town of Sravana Belgola to anoint the statue of Gomateswara, Hinduism. Group photo of Medal of Honor winners. Madame Chiang Kai-shek visits Wellesley. Photos of immense train wreck at Ohio-Pennsylvania border, two trains and a pipe. The Shine of St. Ursula. New fashion - Big Hats. Japanese baseball players train in the US. The Ghastly Secrets of Stalin’s Power by Alexander Orlov. Great Preachers - Dr. Louis Hadley Evans, Dr. Theodore P. Ferris, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Dr. George Arthur Buttrick, Dr. Howard Thurman, Rabbi Abba. Maude Callen gets new midwife clinic. A neat story about a musical kindergarten in Spokane, Washington, includes photos of Melody Weimar, John Carver, Harley Reckord Jr., Joey Ralph and others. Full page Camel cigarettes ad with 13 different baseball players, name and titles.
Speaking of pictures
16
Tornadoes
Vermont ladies are taking over
21
Vermont General Assembly, Women public officers
Churches of America
24
Christianity, Church, Protestant churches (United States)
Favorite son mourns the passing of his royal mother
26
Edward Windsor (Duke of); 1894-1972, Mary (Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain); 1867-1953, Great Britain (Royal family)
Party chairman gets out
28
Charles Wesley Roberts; 1903-1975
Sixty-five Medal of honor winners
57
Medal of Honor
Old grad returns
59
Mei-ling Chiang, Wellesley College
Egg cookery
65
Cooking (Eggs)
Doctored dollars
77
George Stark, Money
Shrine of St Ursula
81
Hans Memling; 1430?-1494, Saint URSULA, Christian art and symbolism, Shrines
Ambassador gets in
29
Charles Eustis Bohlen; 1904-1974
Back after eight years
30
Prisoners of war, Returned
Three-way nightmare
30
Railroads (Accidents)
Flights for freedom pierce iron curtain
32
Escapes
Conspirators capture an airliner to flee Czechoslovakia
33
Escapes
Jenny shuffled cards too loud
37
Jenny HECHT
Attorney General
45
Herbert Brownell; 1904-1996, United States Dept. of Justice
Idol's glory
50
Jainism, Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Lucy's boys
89
Lucille Ball; 1911-1989, Arnaz family, Television program reviews
Japan's Giants
103
Baseball, Baseball players
Four down and one to go
109
Ostriches
Ghastly secrets of Stalin's power
110
Sergei Mironovich Kirov; 1886-1934, Joseph Stalin; 1879-1953, Genrikh H. Grigorevich IAGODA, Lev Borisovich Kamenev; 1883-1936, Grigorii Yeseyevich Zinov'yev; 1883-1936, Communist Party (Soviet Union), Assassination, Secret service (Soviet Union), Trials (Treason)
Great preachers
126
Louis Hadley EVANS, Theodore Parker Ferris; 1908-1972, Ralph Washington Sockman; 1889-1970, Howard Thurman; 1900-1981, Abba Hillel Silver; 1893-1963, George A. Buttrick, Norman Vincent Peale, Robert James McCracken; 1904-1973, Billy Graham; 1918-., Joseph Richard SIZOO, Robert Ignatius GANNON, Fulton John Sheen; 1895-1979, Clergy
Art for outdoors
134
Bernard J. ROSENTHAL
Maude gets her clinic
139
Maude CALLEN, Giving, Health facilities, Public health (South Carolina)
Life goes to a musical kindergarten
144
Music (Study and teaching), Music schools