These vintage original LIFE Magazines make a unique gift idea for a birthday and are thoughtful gifts for anniversaries and more! They provide an authentic look into mid-century life in America and around the world.
Very good condition with mailing label. There is a small tear on the back cover. Please see pictures for details on the magazines condition.
Pg… 20 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Lift–Off for U.S. Space Program, with Space Primer Illustrated by Robert Osborn
Pg… 26 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 28 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Happy Hidden Life Ends for AWOL GI, His French Sweetheart and Five Children
Pg… 30 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: For the Fifth Time Sugar Ray Robinson Wins the Middleweight Championship, but Exhausts Himself in Beating Basillo
Pg… 38 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Khrushchev Throws Away His Mouthpiece: with Ouster the Boss Gains Prestige for the Summit. Text by Edward Crankshaw
Pg… 40 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Picket Line Marks Millionaire Baby’s Ungallant Farewell to Linda Christian’s Arms
Pg… 37 EDITORIAL: Space, History and God
Pg… 64 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: A Medieval Masterwork of Hidden Symbols: Metropolitan Museum Buys World–Famous Flemish Altarpiece
Pg… 89 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: The Waste of Fine Minds: Gifted Children Like Barry Wichmann Get Short Shrift in U.S. School. Crisis in Education: Part III. Photographed for LIFE by Grey Villet
Pg… 100 ARTICLE: Twin Lovelorn Advisers Torn Asunder by Success: with Pungent Counsel, Unsisterly Sisters, Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers, have Become Most Widely Read Women Writers
Pg… 43 CLOSE–UP: Little Man’s Big League Bid: Rookie Outfielder Albie Pearson, Under 5’5″, has Good Chance to Make Washington Senators
Pg… 51 TELEVISION: For TV: Bingo! A Hit in New York, the Game Goes National
Pg… 59 MOVIES: The Indestructible Gable Preserves His Charm, Comic Touch and Toughness in His 61st and 62nd Films
Pg… 81 MOVIES: Tension and Triumph for a Young Actress: Joanne Woodward Wins Best Acting Oscar as Kwai Takes Most Honors
Pg… 75 MODERN LIVING: Scientists Develop a Safe Toy Missile for Young Rocketeers
Pg… 117 MILITARY AFFAIRS: Private Presley’s Debut: a Star is Shorn, a New GI Born
Pg… 12 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Onlookers Lost in the Stars
Pg… 18 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 120 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Doghouse with a View