LIFE Magazine – October 14, 1946 features model Stasia Linder on a stylish Fall Fashions cover, capturing the look and optimism of American life just after World War II. The issue combines fashion and entertainment with major stories from politics, international affairs, theater, science, sports, and the rapidly changing postwar world.

Inside This Issue

• Fall Fashions — LIFE showcases the season’s women’s styles, with Stasia Linder featured on the cover.
• Nuremberg Trials Sentencing — Coverage of the historic judgments handed down against leading Nazi officials.
• Hollywood Strike — A look at labor unrest and clashes within the motion-picture industry.
• Eugene O’Neill — The celebrated playwright and his landmark drama The Iceman Cometh.
• The White House — A photographic and journalistic look at the presidential residence.
• Bank of England — LIFE goes inside one of the world’s most important financial institutions.
• Contact Lenses — A fascinating look at what was still an emerging vision technology in 1946.
• Henry Morgan — The sharp-tongued radio comedian who became one of broadcasting’s distinctive personalities.
• Dressage — Bobby Steele demonstrates the precision and discipline of classical horsemanship.
• Atomic Bomb Haven — A look at ideas for protecting Americans from the new realities of the atomic age.

Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.