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Original LIFE Magazine — September 10, 1956
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from September 10, 1956, featuring Siobhan McKenna in Saint Joan on the cover. This issue continues LIFE’s major series on segregation with “The Coming of Jim Crow” and also features political coverage connected to The Last Hurrah.
- Cover Subject: Siobhan McKenna in Saint Joan
- Inside This Issue: Siobhan McKenna and Saint Joan; Segregation, Part II — “The Coming of Jim Crow”; political and cultural coverage surrounding The Last Hurrah; period news, photography, advertising and culture from 1956
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: LIFE Magazine collectors, Siobhan McKenna fans, theater-history enthusiasts, Civil Rights and segregation-history readers, political-history collectors and vintage Americana collections
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 23 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Peak Year for Big Jobs: a $33 Billion Investment is Reshaping the Continent
Pg… 35 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 43 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Aftermath of an Acid Attack Leads Police to a Gangster Celebrity
Pg… 44 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Stevenson and Kefauver Get a Fast Start on the Campaign Trail
Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: An Outsider Makes Trouble for a Tennessee School
Pg… 30 EDITORIAL: What to do About Our Schools
Pg… 96 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: “The Background of Segregation,” Part II. In the Second of Its New Series LIFE Show how the American Negro, Freed from Slavery, was Kept from Equality by Violence and Law
Pg… 143 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: An Eminent Company of Amateur Naturalists Adds to Man’s Store of Knowledge
Pg… 120 ARTICLE: Curley’s Hurrah for Curley: Oldtime Boston Boss Tells How “That Book About Me”?”The Last Hurrah”?Failed to do Him Justice. By James Michael Curley
Pg… 49 MODERN LIVING: Short Shorts for Girls Become a Permanent Part of the U.S. Scene
Pg… 93 MODERN LIVING: A San Diego Hotel Runs Its New Elevator Up the Outside Wall for a View
Pg… 59 THEATER: Slobhan McKenna Brings to U.S. Her inspired Portrayal of Shaw’s St. Joan
Pg… 161 THEATER: At Stratford on the Housatonic, Shakespeareans Shine in a Mirthful “Measure for Measure”
Pg… 67 SPORTS: The Case of the Suspected Spitter Which Milwaukee’s Low Burdette is Accused of Pitching
Pg… 75 ART: A Sculptress Turns Her Torch to Repairing Machines
Pg… 79 MOVIES: “The Best Things in Life Are Free” Bring Back Jazz Ago Memories
Pg… 87 MILITARY AFFAIRS: A General Thins His Ranks of Soldiers Too Fat to Fight
Pg… 155 FASHION: Backless Dresses Give a New Low–Down Look at Night
Pg… 169 PARTY: A Three–Time Beauty Queen has a Festive Wedding in New Orleans
Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a Litter of Letters for a Lens
Pg… 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 172 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Thumb Up at Sunup
