Description
Original LIFE Magazine — May 12 1947
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published May 12 1947 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: Bulgaria’s Communist leader, shown in a close-up portrait.
Inside This Issue: LIFE examines the Communist leadership of Bulgaria and the country’s growing role as a Soviet-aligned state in postwar Eastern Europe, along with the original news, photography, advertising, politics, culture, and features from May 12 1947.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: Cold War history enthusiasts, Eastern European history readers, political-history collectors, communism researchers, 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… 33 The Week’s Events: Bulgaria Gets the “New Democracy”, Photographs for LIFE by David Douglas Duncan
Pg… 42 The Week’s Events: Editorial: How Fares the G.O.P.?
Pg… 43 The Week’s Events: Girl Jumps to Death from Empire State Building
Pg… 44 The Week’s Events: Washington Brass Welcomes President Aleman
Pg… 46 The Week’s Events: Democratic Mayor Falls for a Republican Curve
Pg… 51 The Week’s Events: Fighting Elephants Help Celebrate Maharaja’s Birthday
Pg… 63 The Week’s Events: Dole of Flour Staves Off the Tichborne Curse
Pg… 81 Article: The Last 500 Feet, by Charles J. V. Murhpy
Pg… 116 Close–Up: No. 1 Career Woman, by Jeanne Perkins
Pg… 107 Photographic Essay: Bad Boy’s Story, Photographs for LIFE by Ralph Crane
Pg… 57 Sports: Babe Ruth Day
Pg… 69 Housing: Toy Bricks Start Building Boomlet
Pg… 72 Art: Doris Lee’s Tropic Tour
Pg… 94 Art: Ice Sculpture
Pg… 99 Fashion: Skirts: Up or Down?
Pg… 131 Movies: “Odd Man Out”
Pg… 137 People: The O’Connor Twins
Pg… 7 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 14 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: America’s Most Photographed Models
Pg… 19 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: The State of the Nation
Pg… 144 Other Departments: LIFE Visits Spaso House
Pg… 150 Other Departments: Miscellany: Squirrel & Egg
