I recently acquired a large lot of 1940's and 1950's  Life Magazines. I am now beginning to list the 1953's. They were owned by a professor and kept safe. Remember these are nearly 60 years old so I will try to list any problems they may have. I will list any ads I think are relevant and show the pictures of the best ones or most collectible. Will also show some of the most dramatic Life Photographs that Life is known for.  Life usually has two types of paper for there contents. One stays nice and white and the other is more newspaper like so its yellows with age. So these issues do have a few yellowed pages. If you have an questions feel free to e-mail me. Some have mailing labels on the front and some have the mailing address on the lower back cover.  If you are looking for a specific article or picture please e-mail me and I will try to help you find it.

This is the September 21,1953 Issue. On the cover is W.Eugene Smiths daughter Juanita. Inside is a photo essay he did about her. Nice cover. Partial mailing label on the red edge.

Contents Include: color Chex cereal ad; two page color Heinz soup ad; two page color Admiral TV ad; The Triumph of Big Inch by Inch Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline; A Prayer A Mandate Adenauer and Germany both win; Tito gives Italy an earful about Trieste; two page color Four Roses ad; Homage From Two Presidents; New Hope For Indochina; color Hunts Tomato Sauce ad; Learning to Feel at Home On Range; Movie of the Week The Cruel Sea; Art For Armor; color Oldsmobile ad; The Start of Life Fertilization of human egg is shown for first time; Candy For Kids; Bryant The Belter Joyce Bryant; color Schlitz ad; Brave Beekeeper; center fold is a two page ad for Hotpoint with Ozzie and Harriet and the boys it is loose but not damaged; Cuffs Double Up; A Wacky Wordless World; Part II Images of a Magic City New York photographs by Ernst Haas in color; color Mercury ad; Why I Confessed I Am Not a Spy says U.S. reporter but tells how Reds forced him to say he was; two page color Lustre Creme Shampoo ad with small color pictues of women movie stars who have appeared in there ads such as Barbara Stanwyck, Elizabeth Taylor, Esther Williams, Rita Hayworth, Jane Wyman, Debra Paget, Marilyn Monroe etc. very nice; A Happy Problem wheelchair parents solve dificulties of caring for baby; Luther's Tree; two page color Niblets corn ad; Big Man With a Big Game Tony Trabert; My Daughter Juanita by W. Eugene Smith a perceptive photographer displays the many moods of his 8 year old; An Eye for a Cyclops; First Day is Fun; color Pabst Blue Ribbon ad; two page color Dole Pineapple Juice ad; The People's Horse Native Dancer; Life Goes on A Zoo Tour with a Famous Poet Marianne Moore; color Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes ad; and on back cover is color Camel ad with Mickey Mantle, Zoe Ann Olsen, Julius Boros, and Pauline Betz.