Description
Original LIFE Magazine — December 16 1957
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published December 16 1957 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: Michelangelo’s sculpture of Mary and the Christ Child
Inside This Issue: Features LIFE’s presentation of Michelangelo’s sculpture of Mary and Jesus, along with coverage of Soviet science, Cold War competition, art, religion, culture, world affairs, photography, and original 1957 advertising.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: Michelangelo collectors, Renaissance art enthusiasts, religious art readers, Christian gift buyers, Cold War history collectors, LIFE Magazine collectors, and anyone looking for a meaningful birthday, Christmas, or anniversary gift from 1957.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 25 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Too Much Talk Too Soon on the Vanguard Adds Up to a Technical and Diplomatic Disaster. However, U.S. Students and Scientists Work Hard to Catch Up in Rocket Race
Pg… 40 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Foggy, Fatal Day of a London Train Wreck
Pg… 42 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Big Labor Gives Teamsters the Heave–Ho
Pg… 47 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Hammarskj?ld, a Man in a Hurry Waging Peace, Settles a Mid–Eastern Squabble
Pg… 48 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: General Lauris Norstad Prepares for Summit Meeting of NATO
Pg… 55 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Secret Pictures Expose Truck Drivers’ Mammoth Bill–Padding Racket
Pg… 39 EDITORIAL: Euphoria and the Scythians
Pg… 58 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: The Madonna and Child: Three Photographers Capture the Timeless Beauty of Sculpted Masterpieces. Photographed for LIFE by Mark Kauffman, Gjon Mili and Howard Sochurek
Pg… 108 ARTICLE: First Hard Facts on All Russian Sciences: Field–By–Field Survey Based on U.S. Experts’ Knowledge and Soviet Words and Deeds Shows that Sputniks are but One Example of Amazing Progress. By Robert Wallace
Pg… 73 MOVIES: Sultry Anna Magnani Stars as an Immigrant Wife in Movie Wild is the Wind
Pg… 79 THEATER: Fine Play from Great Novel: Look Homeward, Angel Brings Wolfe’s Family to Broadway
Pg… 87 NATURE: Philadelphia Puts on a Big Swan Roundup
Pg… 89 SPORTS: Giant Frenchman at Gonzaga is a Size 21 Dilemma in Basketball Shoes
Pg… 95 EDUCATION: A Junior–High Epic of the Crusades: Pupils Produce Their Own Movie to Learn History
Pg… 98 ENTERTAINMENT: Operation Jennie Turns a 19–Year–Old Girl Into a Well–Packaged Singer
Pg… 102 TRANSPORTATION: Fine Front Door for Jet–Age America: New York’s Idlewild Airport Opens New Terminal Building
Pg… 107 FASHION: Lingerie Goes on a 1920 Kick
Pg… 125 PARTY: Havana Jaunt for 132, All on the Boss
Pg… 15 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 20 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Try to Match Dogs’ Noses and Imprints
Pg… 128 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Padlock Picking Paws
