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Original LIFE Magazine — September 24, 1956
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from September 24, 1956, featuring actress and singer Janet Blair on the cover. The issue also explores facts and fantasies about Mars as Earth gets a favorable view of the planet and includes a feature on Illinois as a center of fraternity life.
- Cover Subject: Janet Blair
- Inside This Issue: Janet Blair; facts and fantasies about Mars; astronomy and space-interest coverage; Illinois and fraternity life; period news, photography, advertising and culture from 1956
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: LIFE Magazine collectors, Janet Blair fans, classic Hollywood enthusiasts, astronomy and space-history collectors, 1950s culture enthusiasts and vintage Americana collections
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 36 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Eyes of Earth are Trained on Mars as Our Planetary Neighbor Comes Nearer
Pg… 42 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Good Week for Democrats is a Warning to Republicans
Pg… 44 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: In the South Many Negro Students Get to Study, Some Merely Get to School, and Others are Barred
Pg… 55 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Governor of North Carolina Showers Praise on Tarheel Wares
Pg… 61 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Cincinnati’s Zoo Tries to Save a Tiger mauled in a Moat by Two Tigresses
Pg… 50 EDITORIAL: Law, Wealth and Suez
Pg… 98 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: “Background of Segregation,” Part IV. Restraints on Life, Both Open and Hidden, are Seen in Study of One Negro Family in Alabama. “Colored Only” drinking fountain. Photographed for LIFE by Gordon Parks
Pg… 141 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: Fraternity Rushing: University of Illinois Observes National College Ritual on Mass–Production Scale. Photographed for LIFE by Franck Scherschel and Grey Villot
Pg… 168 CLOSE–UP: The Second of Two Articles on Thomas Wolfe Describes His Dream of Recording Fully “the Only Fabulous Country.” By Robert Coughlan
Pg… 75 ARTICLE: Delirium Over Dead Star: in Morbid Craze for the Late James Dean, Moviegoers insist that He Still Lives and Send Him More Fan Mail than Any Other Hollywood Actor. By Ezra Goodman
Pg… 67 THEATER: A Night Watch of Customers Camps Outside Broadway Theater for Tickets to “My Fair Lady”
Pg… 93 MEDICINE: Busmen’s Holiday, Medical Style: Cartoons Show How Doctors Think of Their Work Even on Vacation
Pg… 96 MOVIES: Ingenious Backrests Let Actresses Get an Unrumpled Rest in Ruffles
Pg… 115 EDUCATION: TV Teachers Go Out to 43 Cities with Kindergarten Program
Pg… 121 FASHION: Wrapped in a Rectangle: the Ancient Poncho is Now Up to Date
Pg… 129 TELEVISION: Fresh Pretty Faces for Fall: TV Demand Brings on New Girls and Gives Sid Caesar a Third “Wife”
Pg… 152 SPORTS: The Light Pennant Fight is a Strenuous Test of Spirit for a Brooklyn and a Milwaukee Rooter
Pg… 162 MODERN LIVING: Disguised Toy Balloons Take Form of Fish, Fowl and Funny Faces
Pg… 167 ANIMALS: A Blind Dog Gets Seeing Eyes
Pg… 186 PARTY: The Far–Flung MacLeod Clan Meets at Scottish Castle to Hail Its New Chief
Pg… 18 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a New Lighting System Uses Many Colors
Pg… 22 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 190 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Airy Attire in the Arctic
