Description
Original LIFE Magazine — January 20 1947
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published January 20 1947 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: A World War II veteran and his family beginning a new life through postwar homesteading.
Inside This Issue: LIFE examines the experience of a returning veteran and his family as they pursue the promise and challenges of homesteading in postwar America, along with the original news, photography, advertising, politics, culture, and features from January 20 1947.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: World War II history enthusiasts, veterans and military families, American homesteading collectors, postwar-history readers, LIFE Magazine collectors, and anyone looking for a meaningful birthday, anniversary, or historical gift from 1947.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 27 The Week’s Events: Marshall Flies Home to His New Job
Pg… 34 The Week’s Events: Editorial: U. S. Foreign Policy, III
Pg… 35 The Week’s Events: Oily Duck Gets A Life–Saving Bath
Pg… 36 The Week’s Events: Army Discovers Private Movies of Eva Braun
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: Storms Sweep Hawaii and Illinois
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: Canadians Become Subject–Citizens
Pg… 43 The Week’s Events: LIFE Revisits “Average German Family” of 1939
Pg… 73 The Week’s Events: Veterans Win Farms at Tule Lake Lottery
Pg… 98 Article: “The Strange Alliance,” by Major General John R. Deane
Pg… 89 Photographic Essay: Heavy Trucking
Pg… 49 Sports: Speedy Basketball
Pg… 55 Geography: The Arctic
Pg… 61 Geography: The Polar Concept, by Charles J. V. Murphy
Pg… 67 Modern Living: “Slim” Hawks
Pg… 77 Art: British Sculptor Henry Moore
Pg… 83 Nightclubs: Teen–Age Siren
Pg… 115 Movies: “13 Rue Madeleine”
Pg… 125 Animals: Bats
Pg… 4 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 14 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Frenchman Shows How to Make Love
Pg… 19 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: Jap Superships, by Gilbert Cant
Pg… 120 Other Departments: LIFE Goes to the Chelsea Arts Ball
