LIFE May 19, 1947

Condition: Very good (144 pages)

Photo on cover: Girl & sundae

BIN: $18.00

 

Articles:

Women find frustration and delight in buying hats (3 bw pp)

Moscow and Stalin celebrate USSR’s May Day (5 bw pp)

Death and funeral of Denmark’s King Christian X (2 bw pp)

Women of the WCTU try to get drinkers to give it up (2 bw pp)

Kansas man creates strange set of tombs (2 bw pp)

Famous Scopes “Monkey Trial” recreated in theater (3 bw pp)

Diesel locomotives replacing old steam engines (7 color & bw pp)

Comics Bert Lahr and Bobby Clark star on Broadway (3 bw pp)

Teenager downs huge banana split (3 bw pp)

Poet Robert Lowell wins Pulitzer Prize (2 bw pp)

“Coursing:” sending greyhounds to chase rabbits (3 bw pp)

The caste system: “the curse of India” (8 bw pp)

Trade restrictions outmoded in modern world (6 bw pp)

New German movie star Hilde Knef (3 bw pp)

Illinois school teacher honored for 50 years in classroom (3 bw pp)

Lucille Ball, Franchot Tone face censors in twin bed scene (2 bw pp)

 

Color ads: Ford, Studebaker, GE Radio/phono, Pan Am, Bulova watches, Elgin watches, Eversharp, Cliquot Club, Stetson hats, Schlitz, Wurlitzer juke box, Budweiser, Hamm’s

B&W ads: Wilson golf balls

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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.