Description
Original LIFE Magazine — August 19 1957
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published August 19 1957 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: DuPont Family of Delaware
Inside This Issue: Features LIFE’s coverage of the DuPont family of Delaware, one of America’s most influential business families, along with the original news, photography, advertising, business history, American family history, culture, politics, entertainment, sports, and features from August 1957.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: Birthday gifts, anniversary keepsakes, DuPont family collectors, Delaware history readers, American business history collectors, LIFE Magazine collectors, and anyone who wants a meaningful gift from a specific date or year.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 18 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Rise and the Ruin of a Successful Spy
Pg… 24 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 26 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: P & G to Pentagon?McElroy Becomes New Defense Boss
Pg… 28 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: With Ballyhoo and Bolters the Philippine Presidential Campaign Begins
Pg… 36 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Strong Arm Johnny Dio Does What Comes Naturally at Senate Hearing
Pg… 38 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Take That, M’Lord: a Briton Avenges Criticism of His Queen
Pg… 43 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: S.S. Kresge Celebrates 90th Birthday and Board of Directors Calls on Boss
Pg… 35 EDITORIAL: New Cabinet Secretaries with Big Problems
Pg… 60 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Famous Tales of a Donkey by Spain’s Great Poet, Juan Ram?n Jim?nez. Photographed for LIFE by Mark Kauffman
Pg… 100 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: The du Ponts of Wilmington: A Great Family’s Tradition has Built the World’s Greatest Chemical Company. Photographed for LIFE by Cornell Capa
Pg… 74 ARTICLE: Magnetic Tape Reels Off Changes in Way We Live and May One Day Help You Keep House. By Robert O’Brien
Pg… 49 SEQUEL: New Journey for Margaret: A Best–Seller Subject Grows Up and is Married
Pg… 52 THE ART MARKET: Bidders Pay Premium Prices for Paintings as a New Greek Buyer Appears
Pg… 94 SPORTS: Belttled Bid for Big Title: Amateur Rademacher Gets Chance at the Champ
Pg… 99 MUSIC: A Love Song to Mr. Dulles
Pg… 113 CLOSE–UP: “Just a Simple Little Dressmaker”: “Coco” Chanel
Pg… 119 MOVIES: Belly Boffos and a Blonde in “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?”
Pg… 125 PARTY: A Lark in a Land–Bound Boat
Pg… 8 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Patches as a Plaything
Pg… 12 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 128 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: the Hair of the Dog
