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Original LIFE Magazine — October 20, 1947
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from October 20, 1947, featuring “Listening to Folk Songs” on the cover. The issue includes a LIFE feature on American folk singers along with major reporting on postwar Europe, the Soviet Union, the Kon-Tiki expedition, science, movies, fashion, sports and everyday American life.
Cover Subject: Listening to Folk Songs
Inside This Issue:
- LIFE feature on Folk Singers
- Cruise of the Kon-Tiki photographic essay
- Nazis’ Atomic Secrets by Samuel A. Goudsmit
- Russia revives the Comintern
- U.S. citizens look at postwar Europe
- Fashion feature on lipstick
- Sports coverage of weight lifters
- Movies: Howard Hawks’s New Find
- Theater feature on Command Decision
- Modern Living: Superbathroom
Completeness: Complete original issue with vintage editorial content, historic photography and period advertising.
Perfect For: Folk music enthusiasts, Kon-Tiki and exploration collectors, Cold War history fans, 1940s culture enthusiasts, vintage magazine collectors and memorable birthday or anniversary gifts.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 31 The Week’s Events: U. S. Citizens Look at Europe
Pg… 36 The Week’s Events: Editorial: The State of the South
Pg… 37 The Week’s Events: Bloodhound Finds Lost Baby
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: San Bernardino Revives Pony Express
Pg… 42 The Week’s Events: Satira is Tried
Pg… 43 The Week’s Events: Beulah is Freed
Pg… 44 The Week’s Events: Fire Sweeps British Heath
Pg… 47 The Week’s Events: Russia Revives Comintern
Pg… 53 The Week’s Events: Javanese Rebel is Chained
Pg… 97 The Week’s Events: Calf is Born in Air
Pg… 123 Article: Nazis’ Atomic Secrets, by Samuel A. Goudsmit
Pg… 69 Close–Up: A Study in Consorts, by John Osborne
Pg… 113 Photographic Essay: Cruise of the “Kon–Tiki”
Pg… 56 Modern Living: Superbathroom
Pg… 63 Music: Folk Singers
Pg… 87 Fashion: Lipstick
Pg… 91 Sports: Weight Lifters
Pg… 102 Movies: Howard Hawks’s New Find
Pg… 107 Theater: “Command Decision”
Pg… 137 Books: “Grenadine Etching”
Pg… 146 Education: Beloit Has Greasy Pole Fight
Pg… 8 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 17 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: Hot Winds in Argentina
Pg… 24 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Soapsuds Prove an Adman’s Claim
Pg… 150 Other Departments: LIFE Visits the Bureau of Weights and Measures
Pg… 155 Other Departments: LIFE’s Miscellany: “New Look” for Dogs
