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Original LIFE Magazine — September 3, 1956
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from September 3, 1956, featuring a historical depiction of a slave auction in old Charleston on the cover. The issue begins a major LIFE series on segregation and also includes coverage of the 1956 Republican National Convention.
- Cover Subject: Historical depiction of a slave auction in old Charleston
- Inside This Issue: LIFE’s major series on segregation; the 1956 Republican National Convention; American race relations, politics, period news, photography, advertising and culture from 1956
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: LIFE Magazine collectors, African American history readers, Civil Rights history collectors, American-history enthusiasts, political-history collectors and vintage Americana collections
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 14 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: G.O.P. Convention Stages a Rousing Rally for Ike and Dick
Pg… 28 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 30 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Cringing Kidnaper Who Left His Infant Victim to Perish is Captured and Confesses
Pg… 32 EDITORIALS: Ike, Adlai and American Ardor
Pg… 32 EDITORIALS: The New Republican Harmony
Pg… 43 PICTORIAL ESSAY: “The Background of Segregation,” Part I. In the First of a New Series LIFE shows How the Negro Came from Africa to Slavery in America and How he Enriched and Troubled His New Land. Text by Robert Wallace
Pg… 80 ARTICLE: Louis B. Seltzer, a Great Editor, Tells of the Poor but Happy Boyhood Which Formed Background for Newspaper Career
Pg… 67 FASHION: A Hint of Hemline Upheaval: Newest Length by Dior Jogs the Paris Showings
Pg… 73 ART: A Bath for a God: a Buddhist Carving in Boston Gets Spruced Up for TV
Pg… 75 SPORTS: Lew Hoad’s Bid for a Rare Grand Slam in Tennis
Pg… 99 PARTY: Skittish Time for Novice Water Skiers: Young Campers Take Only 14 Minutes to Learn Fun of a Trick Sport
Pg… 8 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: History of an Ostrich Hatching
Pg… 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 37 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Sequel: Blind Dog Gets a Plastic Lens
Pg… 102 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Silent Sirens by the Sea
