Description
LIFE Magazine – November 18, 1946 features a striking Party Raincoats fashion cover photographed by Loomis Dean, with bold striped rainwear and matching umbrella that make this one of the more visually distinctive fashion covers of the period. The issue captures both the style and the changing national mood of postwar America.
Inside, LIFE covers the beginning of a new Republican political era, the famous Army–Notre Dame football tie, the land of Yemen, Howard University, aviation safety, theater, movies, science, and modern living. There is also a feature on A.C. Gilbert, the celebrated toy manufacturer behind the Erector Set, along with coverage of biological warfare and the film The Razor’s Edge.
Inside This Issue
- Party Raincoats — LIFE showcases fashionable striped rainwear and accessories
- Republicans Start a New Political Era — Coverage of the 1946 political shift
- Army vs. Notre Dame — LIFE reports on the famous scoreless football tie
- Howard University — A major photographic essay on the historic university
- A.C. Gilbert — A close-up of the toy pioneer and Erector Set creator
- The Land of Yemen — Western visitors explore Yemen
- Biological Warfare — Gerard Piel examines the emerging scientific and military issue
- The Razor’s Edge — LIFE covers the 1946 film adaptation
- Pilot Ejector — New aviation safety technology
- The Plaza — A photographic essay on New York’s celebrated hotel
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 31 The Week’s Events: Republicans Start New Political Era
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: Editorial: Travelers’ Travail
Pg… 39 The Week’s Events: Brooklyn Boy Traps Robber
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: Horse Show Opens
Pg… 42 The Week’s Events: Notre Dame Ties Army
Pg… 44 The Week’s Events: $750,000 Swindle
Pg… 59 The Week’s Events: Westerners Visit Yemen
Pg… 118 Article: BW, by Gerard Piel
Pg… 67 Close–Up: Toy King, by Gilbert Millstein
Pg… 86 Photographic Essays: The Plaza
Pg… 109 Photographic Essays: Howard University
Pg… 53 Aviation: Pilot Ejector
Pg… 79 Theater: “Happy Birthday”
Pg… 97 Movies: “The Razor’s Edge”
Pg… 103 Art: Sculptured Lamps
Pg… 133 Modern Living: Party Raincoats
Pg… 140 Radio: Radio Ear
Pg… 2 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: GOA Wakes Up, by David Richardson
Pg… 14 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: African Hunter Keeps Wild Pets
Pg… 18 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 144 Other Departments: LIFE Goes to an Apache Party
Pg… 150 Other Departments: Miscellany: Marathon Walker
