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Life Magazine, October 7, 1940 - Gary Cooper

Life Magazine, October 7, 1940 - Gary Cooper

Life Magazine, September 23, 1940 - Child in hospital

Life Magazine, September 23, 1940 - Child in hospital

Life Magazine, September 30, 1940 - Wendell Wilkie

Original Life Magazine from September 30, 1940 - Wendell Wilkie
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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
America answers Hitler with Conscription, Roosevelt signs the Selective Service bill, the military draft. National guardsmen being called up, new draftees being trained at Fort Dix. More bombing in London, Bloomsbury. Birmingham, Alabama celebrates defense day. Dodger fan pummels umpire Magerkurth and fan Frank Gernand, baseball. Lovely full page color Chesterfield ad with woman aviator in white and blue. British War humor, cartoons from Punch, Sketch and the Bystander. Fashions - College girls adopt men's clothing. Charming two page color vintage Heinz Soups ad with counter at restaurant. John Barrymore sets profile in cement. Murder Inc. - a gang of killers, Happy Maione, Dasher Abbandando, Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, and Martin "buggsy" Goldstein. Leakproof gas tank will help prevent fires in wartime. Edward Laning. Full page Ten High Whiskey ad with happy guys Kermit A. Scheer, Jim Backus, Ernest Wendt (parachute jumper of Seattle) and Ward B Richie. Mass debut in Releigh NC. Murals in the New York Library. Strangest little letter and photos from Ella Muzzey of Paterson, New Jersey.
Speaking of pictures: Napoleon also tried an invasion of England
8
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Great Britain (History, 19th century)
One year of war in Britain
12
World War, 1939-1945 (Great Britain)
America answers Hitler with draft act putting its manpower into army
17
Draft
Portrait
23
Sir Winston Churchill; 1874-1965
Portrait
23
Elizabeth (Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain); 1900-2002
They knew what they wanted
47
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Leakproof gas tank will reduce hazard of fire in combat flying
55
Airplanes (Fuel tanks)
Propaganda by Japan's puppets
58
Chinese-Japanese War, 1937-1945, Propaganda, Japanese
Great profile set in cement
63
John Barrymore; 1882-1942
New York library waits 40 years for these murals
64
Edward Laning; 1906-., New York Public Library, Mural painting and decoration
Portrait
23
George VI (King of Great Britain); 1895-1952
Bad bombing in Bloomsbury
24
London (England) (History, Bombardments, 1939-1945)
Birmingham women enact foundations of democracy in city's defense day
28
Birmingham (Ala.) (Pageants)
Dodger fan, angered by defeat, pummels umpire
30
Frank GERNANO
British war humor: recent cartoons from the pages of Punch, Sketch and the Bystander
33
World War, 1939-1945 (Great Britain), Humor, British, Humor, Pictorial
College girls in men's clothing
40
Clothing and dress
French evacuate France
69
Refugees, France (History, German occupation, 1940-1945)
Willkie campaign
75
Wendell Lewis Willkie; 1892-1944, Presidential campaigns (1940)
Willkie's no. 1 booster
78
Oren ROOT (jr)
No. 1 Willkie brain-truster
79
Russell W. Davenport; 1899-1954
Murder Inc
86
Crime and criminals, Murder
Life goes to a mass debut
98
Debutantes, North Carolina (Social life and customs)