Description
Original LIFE Magazine — December 17, 1956
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from December 17, 1956, featuring a Christian baptism sacrament on the cover. This issue includes LIFE’s photo essay on the Christian sacraments and what they mean, along with continued coverage of Pearl Harbor and the climax of the battle, combining religion, culture, and major 20th-century history in one collectible issue.
- Cover Subject: Baptism — One of the Seven Christian Sacraments
- Inside This Issue: Christian sacraments photo essay, baptism, religion and faith, Pearl Harbor coverage, and LIFE’s photography and reporting from December 1956
- Completeness: Complete original issue
- Perfect For: Religious-history collectors, Christian memorabilia collectors, Pearl Harbor and World War II enthusiasts, 1950s history collectors, birthday and anniversary gifts, and vintage LIFE Magazine collectors
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 27 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Defiant Women of Hungary
Pg… 39 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: In Clinton, Tenn. Federal Government Makes Boldest Move Yet to Enforce Integration
Pg… 47 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 50 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: In a LIFE Interview Ben–Gurion Invites His Enemies to Talk It Over
Pg… 55 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Troops Leave, Salvage is Started in Mop–Up of Suez Mess
Pg… 56 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Big and Fast Action for a Nine–Alarm Fire in Brooklyn
Pg… 61 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Living Buddhas Front for Red China on an Indian Trip
Pg… 34 EDITORIALS: Work for the Anglo–U.S. Alliance
Pg… 34 EDITORIALS: A Food Air–Drop to Hungary
Pg… 75 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: The Seven Sacraments: They Mark the Key Stages of Christian Worship, Helping the Believer to Achieve Grace
Pg… 103 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Prophet and His Time of Trial: His Hundredth Birthday Recalls Woodrow Wilson and the League
Pg… 116 ARTICLE: Desperate Men Fighting Back. Part III of “Day of Infamy” by Walter Lord Tells How, After Feats of Ingenuity and Courage at the Battle’s Climax, Hawaii’s Defenders Girded for an Invasion that Never Came
Pg… 67 MILITARY AFFAIRS: Clipped Wings of the Army: a Look at the Biggest Aircraft It is Now Allowed to Fly
Pg… 71 ARCHITECTURE: Solar Heat System Promises Warm Winter Behind Glass in an Albuquerque Office Building
Pg… 87 BUSINESS: Car Makers Sound a Might Toot for 1957
Pg… 95 SPORTS: How the Russians Won All Those Points: Domination of “Minor” Sports Put Soviets Far Ahead of U.S.
Pg… 109 CLOSE–UP: Full Life of a Kindly Toymaker
Pg… 115 TELEVISION: Boris Karloff Wears a Wicked Wolf’s Tail for “Little Red Riding Hood”
Pg… 134 PARTY: Joan Brownell is Wed in Washington
Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 20 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Chim’s Children: Photographer David Seymour Leaves a Tender Legacy
Pg… 136 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Bundle of Baby Beaver
