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Original LIFE Magazine — October 6, 1947
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from October 6, 1947, featuring a young Franklin D. Roosevelt at age 13 on the cover. The issue includes a major pictorial feature on the boyhood letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt, offering a revealing look at the future president’s early life alongside LIFE’s signature coverage of world events, politics, science, fashion, sports and entertainment.
Cover Subject: Franklin D. Roosevelt at age 13 — The Boyhood Letters of FDR
Inside This Issue:
- The boyhood letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Moscow celebrates its 800th birthday
- Europe submits its Marshall Plan
- James V. Forrestal profile
- Kaiser-Frazer success surprises Detroit
- U.S. team wins the polo championship
- Science feature: How Fat Is a Fat Man?
- Fashion feature: The Dress
- Movie feature on The Long Night
- LIFE report on a massacre in India by David Douglas Duncan
Completeness: Complete original issue with vintage editorial content, historic photography and period advertising.
Perfect For: Franklin D. Roosevelt collectors, presidential history enthusiasts, FDR memorabilia collectors, World War II and New Deal history fans, 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: Moscow Celebrates 800th Birthday
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: Editorial: Reform is Sweeping the Cities
Pg… 39 The Week’s Events: Pope and Monsignori Get Greetings Tangled
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: Europe Submits Its “Marshall Plan”
Pg… 44 The Week’s Events: Kaiser–Frazer Success Surprises Detroit
Pg… 113 The Week’s Events: The New Hungary Fetes the “Red Dean”
Pg… 145 Article: Cuba’s Tin Pan Alley, by Winthrop Sargeant
Pg… 66 Close–Up: James V. Forrestal, by Ernest Havemann
Pg… 79 Pictorial Essays: Apples
Pg… 121 Pictorial Essays: The Boyhood Letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pg… 55 Sports: U. S. Team Wins Polo Championship
Pg… 63 Radio: Miniature Wrist Radio
Pg… 88 Science: How Fat is a Fat Man?
Pg… 95 Religion: “The Greatest Man in the World”
Pg… 100 Fashion: The Dress
Pg… 107 Animals: Armadillos
Pg… 139 Movies: “The Long Night”
Pg… 6 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: A Massacre in India, by David Douglas Duncan
Pg… 18 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Agile Cameraman Records Rollercoaster Antics
Pg… 23 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 49 Other Departments: People
Pg… 119 Other Departments: Miscellany: Mexican Whirlers
Pg… 158 Other Departments: LIFE Goes to the Warrenton Horse Show
