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Original LIFE Magazine — November 27, 1950
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from November 27, 1950, featuring UCLA Homecoming Queen Allyn Smith on the cover. The issue combines college life, postwar American culture and international reporting, while its cover also promotes LIFE’s feature on the “Mystery Billionaire,” Calouste Gulbenkian. Contemporary listings and archival records identify Allyn Smith as UCLA’s 1950 Homecoming Queen.
- Cover Subject: UCLA Homecoming Queen Allyn Smith
- Inside This Issue: UCLA homecoming and Allyn Smith; the story of billionaire Calouste Gulbenkian and his art collection; plus LIFE reporting, photography and advertising from late 1950.
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: UCLA alumni and fans, college-history collectors, vintage Americana enthusiasts, art and business-history readers and LIFE Magazine collectors
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 21 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Air Crash Orphans 19 in One Family
Pg… 26 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Editorials: Make ’em Cry for It
Pg… 26 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Editorials: Taxes and Politics
Pg… 27 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Photography Makes Football Coach’s Dream Come True
Pg… 28 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: U.S. Feels First Pinch of New Credit Curbs
Pg… 30 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Assassination in Venezuela
Pg… 31 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Mass Murders in New Jersey
Pg… 32 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Planes Wage War Over the Yalu
Pg… 39 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Trial of Burma Surgeon Develops into Hot Potato
Pg… 47 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Election of Queen Stirs Up a Turmoil in Tennessee
Pg… 56 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Pyongyang Shows Signs of Russian Rule
Pg… 119 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Underwater Wonders
Pg… 127 ARTICLE: “My Dear General,” by John Osborne
Pg… 80 CLOSE–UP: Mystery Billionaire, by Robert Coughlan
Pg… 83 ART: The Gulbenkian Collection
Pg… 53 SCIENCE: A Discovery About Blood Pressure
Pg… 61 THEATER: Greek Theater
Pg… 141 THEATER: “The Lady’s Not For Burning”
Pg… 65 EDUCATION: Queen’s Choice
Pg… 109 MILITARY AFFAIRS: Marine Birthday
Pg… 113 FASHION: This Lady is Dyeing Her Hair
Pg… 7 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: A Determined Marine Does a Strip Tease in Reverse
Pg… 146 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE’s Party: Montreal Debs
