LIFE October 26, 1959

Condition: Excellent  (178 pages)

Cover photo: Charles Van Doren

Articles:
The Van Doren family and TV quiz scandal (12 b&w pp.)
General George C. Marshall dies at 78 (3 b&w pp.)
19-year old goes on credit card binge (2 b&w pp.)
Fred Astaire tries television (1 color, 1 b&w pp.)
Discovery of Mayan bones in Tikal, Guatemala (3 color and b&w pp.)
Lucille Markey, owner of Kentucky’s Calumet farms (9 color and b&w pp.)
Kalamazoo and Toledo try pedestrian malls
New military vertical take-off plane, Doak
Rita Hayworth and Tab Hunter in movie “They Came to Cordura” (3 b&w pp.)
Death of Errol Flynn at age 50 (3 b&w pp.)
Baltimore Colt’s Eugene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb (1 b&w page)
Life of a surgeon (9 b&w pp.)
James Michener on the birth of Hawaii (10 pages)
Princess Grace in Paris

Color ads: Double page color ads for 1960 Lincoln, Chrysler, DeSoto, Pontiac, Chevrolet, also Oldsmobile, TWA, Pan American, Northern Tissue girl
B&W ads: Dodge, Buick double page (all new 1960 models), DKW

Magazine Condition Classifications

Excellent – pristine condition; virtually no signs of age or wear
Very Good – may have: creases on corners of cover or back cover; slight discoloration at spine or page edges; mark where mailing label has been removed
Good – may have pages loose or missing (not affecting main articles); numbers of missing pages are usually noted; may have signs of staining at page edges; front and/or back covers may be soiled or have some writing
Fair – may have signs of water damage; front and/or back cover may show wear; may have pages loose or missing (not affecting main articles); numbers of missing pages are usually noted
Poor – may have: water damage causing wrinkling of some or all pages; pages loose or missing (not affecting main articles); numbers of missing pages are usually noted. Even in poor condition, the visual and reading content is still present.