Description
Original LIFE Magazine — May 5 1947
This is an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine published May 5 1947 — a real piece of American history, carefully preserved and ready to give, collect, or display.
Cover Subject: A fashion model wearing a stylish women’s riding outfit with tall boots.
Inside This Issue: LIFE showcases women’s riding clothes and equestrian fashion, highlighting the tailored styles and practical details of horseback-riding apparel in 1947, along with the original news, photography, advertising, politics, culture, and features from May 5 1947.
Completeness: Complete original issue, including the original pages, photographs, stories, and advertisements. Not a reproduction or modern reprint.
Perfect For: Horse and equestrian enthusiasts, vintage-fashion collectors, riding-apparel fans, 1940s style admirers, 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: U. S. Tackles the Price Problem
Pg… 34 The Week’s Events: Editorial: The Farmer
Pg… 35 The Week’s Events: “Normandie” Looks like Cutaway Drawing
Pg… 36 The Week’s Events: Helgoland Goes Up
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: Union Officer Defends Himself against Charge of Communism
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: A Princess Takes off Her Shoes
Pg… 43 The Week’s Events: Fame comes to “La Tirana”
Pg… 112 Article: The Racing Racket, by Earl Brown
Pg… 94 Pictorial Essay: Scotland
Pg… 46 Sports: The U. S. Goes Bowling
Pg… 53 Business: Pepsi’s Parties
Pg… 58 Art: Chagall
Pg… 61 Fashion: Riding Clothes
Pg… 67 Movie: “The Farmer’s Daughter”
Pg… 75 Books: Nature Nonsense
Pg… 89 Books: “The Purple Testament”
Pg… 82 Music: Pretty First Violinist
Pg… 106 Science: Teaching the Crippled to Walk
Pg… 129 Modern Living: The Voutians
Pg… 4 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 14 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: “Lena the Hyena’s” Creator
Pg… 19 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: The Conquerors, by Shelley Mydans
Pg… 136 Other Departments: LIFE’s Party: LIFE Goes to a Party at Valentina’s
Pg… 142 Other Departments: LIFE’s Miscellany: Jumping Penguins
