Life Magazine, July 26, 1948 - Two girls learning Ballet

Nice full page movie poster ad for “Good Sam” with Gary Cooper and Ann Sheridan. Another lovely full page color Modess ad, this one with nearly full page art by Suzanne Eisendieck. Candidate Truman comes out fighting. Author Wright Morris' book "The Home Place" - photos here from the book, of rural Nebraska including the Panama train depot. Humorous series of photos showing politicians getting make-up for television. Czech games are no fun for Reds. Four bullets hit Italy's Palmiro Togliatti, shot by Antonio Pallante. Warren's children captivate the East, Nina Elizabeth, Dorothy, Virginia and Bobby Warren. Close-up - August Clown, Ed Wynn. Photo essay - The American family in trouble, includes photos of Howard Russell family of Belleview, Missouri, Harry Frantz family (Enid, Oklahoma), Ward Parker family (Manhasset, NY), and the phenomena of divorce. Sports - “Satch” makes the majors, Leroy Paige and Cleveland Indians, baseball. Movie - “The Rope.” Art - Chicago beach. Hummingbirds in color by Roger Tory Peterson. Life visits a Children's ballet school, Ebsen Dance School in Pacific Palisades, California, including photos of Joan Castator, Bobby Barton, Mary Ann Roberts, Alex Ebsen, Trina Malmin, Chris England. Pershing dies. A single 12 inch record holds 45 minutes of music.