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Life Magazine, July 5, 1948 - F-84 Thunderjets

Life Magazine, July 5, 1948 - F-84 Thunderjets

Life Magazine, June 21, 1948 - Cape Cod weekend

Life Magazine, June 21, 1948 - Cape Cod weekend

Life Magazine, June 28, 1948 - Boy from Kent School

Original Life Magazine from June 28, 1948 - Boy from Kent School
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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
Cute full page color Tartan sun lotion ad with lady in swimming suit. Gorgeous full page color Jantzen swim suit ad. Full page color Nash car ad with art by Boris Chaliapin. Cartoonist David Low looks at Truman. Arabs sack Jerusalem. Close-up - Gene Autry, Inc, nice long article with lots of photos. Lovely two page color Swift's meats ad with art by Stan Ekman, grocer in shop. Photo essay - the Clothing Workers' union, with photos of David Zwiren, Rose Colluccio, Abraham Wirsokey, Ernest Preedik, Martin Krolack, Israel Weinstein and others. Kent Crew, crewing boat team. Radio - “The masked spooner.” Artist Leon Kroll, famous for painting nudes. Full page color Western Electric ad with art by James Bingham. Ultramodern house causes consternation in Oklahoma, home of H.E. Ledbetter, design by Bruce Goff. Nice full page color United States Brewers Foundation beer ad with "Around the Swimming Pool" art by John Gannum. Life looks at the habits of U.S. Executives, including Bradley Dewey (Dewey and Almy Chemical Company), Allan Forbes (Boston's State Street Trust Company), Frank Stanton (CBS)William H. Danforth (Ralston Purina), James Petrillo (Musicians Union boss), Preston Sturges (Hollywood producer), Robert R. McCormick (Chicago Tribune), Drew Pearson (Washington columnist), Henry Rosenfeld (dressmaker). Glowworms in Waitomo Cave in New Zealand. Cute half page ad for Whizzer Bike motor.
Speaking of pictures
18
Betty Byrd, Ballet
Western Europe wears a new look
25
Western Europe (Economic conditions)
Europe's recovery
28
Reconstruction (1939-1951) (Western Europe)
Cartoonist Low looks at Truman
34
Harry S. Truman; 1884-1972, Presidential campaigns (1948)
Arabs sack the Holy City
36
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949, Jerusalem
Glowworms
55
Caves, Fireflies
Masked spooner
61
Radio broadcasting
Mars in color
64
Mars (Planet)
He is dean of U.S. nude-painters
67
Leon Kroll (American painter.); 1884-1974
Consternation and bewilderment in Oklahoma
71
Houses (Oklahoma)
GM contract links wages to living costs and adds something for progress
38
General Motors Corp, Wages and salaries
Dewey steals the show
43
Thomas Edmund Dewey; 1902-1971
Portrait
44
William Preston Lane; 1892-1967, Herbert Brown MAW, Vail PITTMAN, Frances Eileen Dewey,
Jacob S. Potofsky (American labor leader.); 1894-1979
, Walter Scott BROWER,
Vannevar Bush (American electrical engineer and inventor.); 1890-1974
, Bradley Dewey, Allan FORBES,
William Henry Danforth (food industry executive.); 1870-1955
, Frank Stanton (American broadcasting executive.);
1908-2006
, James C. Petrillo (American labor leader.); 1892-1984,
Preston Sturges (screenwriter and motion picture director.)
, Robert Rutherford McCormick (American newspaper
editor and publisher.); 1880-1955
, Drew Pearson (American journalist.); 1897-1969, Henry Rosenfeld
Kent crew tunes up for England
51
Henley regatta
Clothing workers' union
79
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Gene Autry, Inc
88
Gene Autry (American actor, singer and baseball executive.); 1907-1998
Freak painting prizes
103
Art (Competitions), Art, Modern
Life looks at the habits of U.S. executives
105
Executives