Description
Original LIFE Magazine — May 19 1947
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published May 19 1947 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: A smiling teenage girl enjoying an oversized ice cream sundae.
Inside This Issue: LIFE features a teenager’s “super sundae” and a lighthearted look at youth, food, and popular culture in postwar America, along with the original news, photography, advertising, politics, culture, and features from May 19 1947.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: Ice cream and soda fountain collectors, 1940s nostalgia fans, teenage-culture enthusiasts, vintage-photography collectors, 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: Moscow Celebrates May Day
Pg… 32 The Week’s Events: Editorial: Korea
Pg… 33 The Week’s Events: John Roosevelt Crosses a Picket Line
Pg… 34 The Week’s Events: Armenian Faith Healer Treats California Vintner’s Son (Avak Hagopian, Krikor Arakelian)
Pg… 36 The Week’s Events: Denmark Buries a Great King
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: W.C.T.U. Marches on Pasadena Bars
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: Saint Resembling Shaw Pops Up in Religious Painting
Pg… 45 The Week’s Events: Old Farmer is Laid to Rest in Fabulous Tomb
Pg… 57 The Week’s Events: Egyptian Builds Problem House
Pg… 114 Close–Up: Will Clayton and His Problem, by John Chamberlain
Pg… 105 Photographic Essay: The Caste System, Photographs for LIFE by Margaret Bourke–White
Pg… 51 Education: Scopes Trial is Re–Enacted
Pg… 61 Industry: Diesel Locomotives
Pg… 69 Fashion: Spare Parts
Pg… 75 Theater: Farewell to the Clowns
Pg… 85 Modern Living: Mammoth Sundae
Pg… 91 Books: Prize Poet
Pg… 97 Sports: Coursing Trials
Pg… 129 Movies: New German Star
Pg… 7 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 20 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Hat–Buying is Exhilarating Pastime
Pg… 136 Other Departments: LIFE Goes to a Schoolteacher’s Anniversary
Pg… 142 Other Departments: Miscellany: Twin Bed Trouble
