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Life Magazine, December 12, 1955 - Dawn of religion

Life Magazine, December 12, 1955 - Dawn of religion

Life Magazine, October 24, 1955 - Ten Commandments

Life Magazine, October 24, 1955 - Ten Commandments

Life Magazine, November 21, 1955 - Broadway talent

Original Life Magazine from November 21, 1955 - Broadway talent
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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
Great pair of photos of men painting the RCA Building in New York city. First report on consumer credit in America – how is it working and not working, this is probably the start of people getting into trouble with individual debt, includes photo of cumbersome credit files at Sears and Roebuck. Photos of Pasha of Marrakech, Thami el Glaoui, groveling before Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef. The Navy in Antarctica with Mary H. Cadwalader. Ethiopia photos by Alfred Eisenstaedt. I wonder if they were serious, full page Bendix duomatic washer and dryer ad with family of five all sleeping in one double bed. Full page color United States Brewers Foundation beer ad with art by Haddon Sundblom, number 114. Photo of Jack McGrath as his race car bounded into the air (then flipped and killed him) he was to retire at end of race, Phoenix, Arizona. Full page Emerson radio ad with cartoon art by Otto Soglow. The Buffalo Hunter – Indian art by unknown painter. Equestrian fashions outside the riding area. Art of the Carnegie – Willem de Kooning. Solar heating systems for your home. Jet airplane F-102 with J-57 engine, Richard Whitcomb, aeronautical engineer, breaking the sound barrier. Croton Community Nursery School in Croton-on-Hudson, New York - dad's day, includes Dick Kilcullen, Robert Northshield, Harrison Kinney, Milton Kail, Marvin Gilman, Dr. A. Victor Landes, others. Feature on Ethiopia. Robert Taylor in Quentin Durward. New tools for air reconnaissance – aerial inspection of the USSR, includes RB-47 airplane. The anatomy of a red spy ring by Isaac Don Levine. Old Hickory ad with art by Bob Peak. Nice full page color Arnold, Schwinn and Company bike ad. Delta Upsilon fraternity at Ohio State University throws a unique firehouse party.
Painter puzzler
22
Photography, Trick
Hard look at consumer credit
33
Credit, Installment plan
Everyone is glad to see Ike up and around
40
Dwight David Eisenhower; 1890-1969
Let's keep the Geneva spirit
46
International relations
Homeless in Gaza
46
Refugees, Arab
Most sought after is Susan Strasberg
104
Susan Strasberg
Diane is a regal gamin
106
Diane CILENTO
Betty Lou Keim shines in sober role
108
Betty Lou KEIM
Spirited art of an unknown painter
111
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Three faiths in harmony
113
Brandeis University, Chapels
Offbeat triumph of an off year
51
Elections
Impasse in Switzerland
54
Council of Foreign Ministers
Operation ante-freeze
63
Antarctic exploration
Portrait
63
George John DUFEK
Day for preschool pops
75
Nursery schools, School and the home
Ethiopia, twenty years after
80
Haile Selassie I (Emperor of Ethiopia); 1892-1975, Ethiopia (Social conditions)
Broadway fountain of youth
101
Actors and actresses
Jayne Mansfield is a basic blonde
101
Jayne Mansfield; 1933-1967
Lois Smith dazzles as a neurotic siren
102
Lois SMITH
Singing Judy Tyler has robust charm
102
Judy TYLER
Kid in a cavernous counter
129
Nuclear counters, Gamma rays
New art at close view
134
Robert D'Arista; 1929-1987, Patricia WARTIK, Art (Exhibitions), Art, Modern
Fresh face to the sun
139
Conference on Solar Energy, Solar energy
New break in the sound barrier
147
Richard Travis WHITCOMB, Airplanes, Jet (Design), Airplanes, Military
How the breakthrough came from tinkering with toys
150
Richard Travis WHITCOMB, Aviation research
Quentin Durward
157
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
New tools and techniques for air reconnaissance
162
Military reconnaissance, Photography, Aerial, Photography, Military
Anatomy of a red spy ring
172
Timur BAKHTIAR, Communist Party (Iran), Communism (Iran), Secret service (Soviet Union), Soviet Union (Foreign relations, Iran)
Fraternity's firehouse fling
192
Ohio State University, Student activities