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Original LIFE Magazine — August 18, 1947
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine dated August 18, 1947, featuring Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, on the cover. Published during the historic final days of British rule in India, this issue captures a pivotal moment as India prepared for independence and Mountbatten oversaw the transfer of power.
- Cover Subject: Lord Louis Mountbatten — Last Viceroy of India
- Inside This Issue: LIFE Magazine photography, reporting, advertising, culture, and world events from August 1947
- Completeness: Complete original issue
- Perfect For: Collectors of British and Indian history, World War II-era figures, vintage magazines, historic gifts, and August 18 birthdays or anniversaries
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 27 The Week’s Events: India Gets Its Freedom
Pg… 34 The Week’s Events: Editorial: Farewell to the RAJ
Pg… 35 The Week’s Events: Contour Harvesting Makes Strange Pattern
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: Senators Find Hughes Too Cold to Handle
Pg… 51 The Week’s Events: Empire State Foils Suicides
Pg… 94 Article: The American Character, by Geoffrey Gorer, Drawing for LIFE by Gluyas Williams
Pg… 85 Photographic Essay: The Peninsula
Pg… 57 Sports: Bobby Locke
Pg… 64 Movies: “Life With Father”
Pg… 71 Animals: The Terrible Tarsier
Pg… 74 Art: Water in the Southwest
Pg… 81 Medicine: Tube into the Heart
Pg… 4 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 14 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Gertrude Stein Left a Hodgepodge Behind Her
Pg… 19 Other Departments: Communications: Goldwyn vs. Thurber
Pg… 43 Other Departments: People
Pg… 115 Other Departments: LIFE Goes to a Party
Pg… 122 Other Departments: Miscellany: Quack Medical Devices
