Life Magazine 1947

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Issue Date:

Cover/Issue Description:

Condition:

Price

INDEXES

January to June, July to December, 1947

Good

$10.00 ea.

January 6, 1947

Annapolis "Drag". WC Fields Dies, James Mason Close-up, Sea Lion Hunt, Party Season photo essay, Supersonics, Greek Guerrillas

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Good, wear

$17.50

January 20, 1947

Homesteading Veteran. Marshall's New Job, Eva Braun Movies, Heavy Trucking photo essay, Basketball, The Arctic, Henry Moore, “13 Rue Madeleine”

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good, corner off, crease

$15.00

 

Same

Good, scuff

$15.00

January 27, 1947

Atlantic Coast Lighthouse. Gov. Talmadge, Clark Clifford Close-up, John Dos Passos article, Atlantic Coast photo essay, Music Week – 3 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Good, loose at staples, stain

$17.50

February 3, 1947

Young Broadway Actresses (Patricia Neal, others). Psychoanalysis, The Bushmen photo essay, Jack Benny Inc. – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

February 10, 1947

Report on US Occupation of Germany. Graziano, How Lincoln Looked by  Stefan Lorant, Sumo Wrestlers, Ina Claire, "Duel in the Sun"

Not Available

NA

February 17, 1947

Water Skier. Comintern Agent, Powel Crosley Jr Close-up, "The Yearling"

Good, stain

$15.00

 

Same

Good, bottom cover tears

$15.00

February 24, 1947

Texas Coed. End of Line in China, Berlitz Schools, Mexico in 1947 photo essay, Cave Paintings, Robert R Young Close-up, 3 Musical Hits, Julie London

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$12.50

March 3, 1947

Renaissance Man. Skating Title, History of Western Culture Part 1, Spring Suits, “The Macomber Affair”, Senator Ball Close-up – 3 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$20.00

March 10, 1947

Bath For Dad's Day. St. Moritz photo essay, Umpire School, "All My Sons", Last Year's Movies, The New World (book), Royal Family Visits South Africa – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good, small gouge, tear

$17.50

March 17, 1947

Director of Youth Center. Last Days of Hitler by Trevor-Roper, Tokyo Geisha Close-up, Genetics photo essay, Martha Graham – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

March 24, 1947

Beyond the Arctic Circle. Ingrid (Bergman) of Lorraine Close-up, “Boomerang!”, House of Dior, New Radio Station, The Huxley Brothers – 5 copies

G/VG

$25.00

March 31, 1947

Spring Hats in Color. New York Skyline photo essay, "The Hucksters", Baseball's "Pirates" – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

April 7, 1947

Sunday-School Pupils. Two Years Later - The Roosevelt Family Close-up, Seed Centennial, Deborah Kerr, Veronica Lake, History of Western Culture Part II: The Middle Ages photo essay, Indoor Polo, Hiller Helicopter

G/VG

$25.00

April 14, 1947

Girls in Flowers. Spring in Moscow, If I Were An American by Winston Churchill, Henry Morgan Close-up, Old Charleston (art), Child Development photo essay, “Smash-Up

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good, insect damage at spine

$20.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good, crease

$20.00

April 21, 1947

Student Veteran. Death & Funeral of Henry Ford, Cancer, Princes of India Close-up, Veterans at College photo essay, Boston Fisherman, “The Late George Apley”, Daffodils, Durocher is Out – 6 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 2 copies

G/VG, pencil

$20.00

 

Same

Good, scuffs

$17.50

April 28, 1947

Alice in Wonderland. Three Modern Houses photo essay, Galveston Explosion (377 dead), Baseball Opening Day, Annie Oakley, Chaplin's New Film, Britain in Crisis – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$15.00

May 5, 1947

Riding Clothes cover. Scotland photo essay, Marc Chagall, Pepsi's Parties, Bowling, "The Farmer's Daughter" - 3 copies.

G/VG

$20.00

May 12, 1947

Communist Boss of Bulgaria. Babe Ruth Day, Ice Sculpture, Weather Barrier (aviation), Empire State Building Suicide photo, Toy Bricks, Bad Boy’s Story photo essay, Lord & Taylor’s Woman President 

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, part of top of cover torn off

$15.00

May 19, 1947

Teen-Ager's Super Sundae. May Day in Moscow, Will Clayton, The Caste System, Diesel Locomotives, Bert Lahr – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

May 26, 1947

History of Western Culture: Life of Medieval Man, Part 3. UN Home Unveiled, Trial Lawyer Close-up, Corinne Calvay, Ranch Styles, Las Vegas photo essay

G/VG

$25.00

June 2, 1947

Jane Greer. Southern Lynch Trial, Battle for France, Congo Mission photo essay, “Great Expectations”, Birds, Young US Writers – 3 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

June 9, 1947

Young Ballerina (Ricky Soma, later wife of John Huston, mother of Anjelica Huston). Indy 500, Mexican War, Canadian Rockies photo essay, Fifth Avenue Best Buys, American Opera on Broadway

Good

$20.00

June 16, 1947

Cape Hatteras Boy cover. Ohio Landscape art, "Miracle on 34th Street" movie review, Used Cars, American Women's Dilemma photo essay, Princeton Class of 32 – 3 copies

G/VG

$25.00

June 23, 1947

Bathing Suits. Chicago Tribune 100th, Main Street 1947, Foreign Service photo essay, Second Rise of  Joan Crawford, Astra Dome Train, Bathing Suits 

Not Available

NA

June 30, 1947

Ancient and Modern Man. The Maya photo essay, “Crossfire”, Eva Peron, Robert Lovett – 4 copies

G/VG

$30.00

 

Same

Good

$25.00

July 7, 1947

This Pleasant Land. Italy's American Myth, "Bugsy" Siegel obit, Alexander Hamilton, Comedy Movies

Good

$20.00

July 14, 1947

Elizabeth Taylor. Afternoon at Ascot, June Wedding photo essay, Summer Cooking, Catholic Congress in Canada,  "Ivy", Executive Bus 

Not Available

NA

July 21, 1947

Americans in Heidelberg cover. Hobo clown, Sailing, "Brigadoon", Motorcycle Gang – Hollister California (later inspired the movie “The Wild One” with Marlon Brando)

Not Available

NA

July 28, 1947

Princess Elizabeth. Dust Bowl Farmer, Metropolitan Life, MGM & Gable in "The Hucksters"

Not Available

NA

August 4, 1947

Renaissance Man. Glory of Venice photo essay, Tulsa Twins, Harness Racing, "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" – 4 copies

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

August 11, 1947

Ella Raines. Portugal Celebrates It’s Past, Aprons, Matterhorn Ascent, Bikini, Dinosaurs

G/VG

$17.50

 

Same

Good

$15.00

August 18, 1947

Viscount Mountbatten of India. India Gets Its Freedom, The Peninsula, "Life With Father" 

Not Available

NA

August 25, 1947

College Clothes. Blind Veteran photo essay, Lincoln Papers, Puerto Rican Migrants, Golden Age of Furniture – 4 copies

G/VG

$17.50

September 1, 1947

John Cobb and Racing Car. Big Sports Season, American Writers, St. Louis Monkeys, Chicago Grain Exchange, Antarctic Oasis, Haitian Painting – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

September 8, 1947

Duke's Daughter. Grand Canyon photo essay, “Frieda”, Scout Jamboree in France, American Legion

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

September 15, 1947

Madame Du Barry. Germany's Lost Youth, Davis Cup, “Big Jim” Folsom Close-up, Supersalesman photo essay, Age of Enlightenment – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

September 22, 1947

Fall Fashions. "Exodus" Refugees, English Ghosts, Car-Washer, Thoreau's Walden

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same

Good

$20.00

September 29, 1947

Notre Dame’s Johnny Lojack. Forest Lawn Cemetery, La Guardia obit, Britian’s Dim Dictatorship by John Dos Passos, Notre Dame Football photo essay, Medellin photo essay, “Body and Soul”

Good

$25.00

October 6, 1947

FDR at 13. Moscow's 800th Birthday, James V Forrestal Close-up, Apples photo essay, Boyhood Letters of FDR, Polo, Cuba’s Tin Pan Alley, “The Long Night” – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

October 13, 1947

"Allegro" Broadway Opening. Report on China, World Series, Picasso Close-up, The Northwest photo essay, "Candid Microphone" – 5 copies

G/VG

$20.00

October 20, 1947

Listening to Folk Songs. Nazi's Atomic Secrets, Cruise of the "Kon Tiki", Super Bathroom, Folk Singers, Prince Philip Close-up, Lipstick – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same  -- 2 copies

Good

$17.50

 

Same

Good, gouge, crease, wear, interior stain

$12.50

October 27, 1947

US Ambassador to Britain: Lewis Douglas. Sam Goldwyn Close-up, San Quentin photo essay, Chinese Movie – 5 copies

G/VG

$20.00

November 3, 1947

Ballerinas. The Roosevelt Legend Close-up, The Great Migration photo essay, "Forever Amber", Michigan Homecoming, The American Past book, New Rivera Mura – 4 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$17.50

November 10, 1947

The Love Goddess in America: Rita Hayworth. Movie Hearings, "Man About Town", Methodist Church, Ethiopia 

G/VG

$35.00

 

Same – 4 copies   

Good

$25.00

November 17, 1947

Boxers (dogs). The Edwardians, High-School Fads photo essay, Flight of Howard Hughes’s “Spruce Goose”, Double-page 1948 TUCKER Automobile ad within – 4 copies

G/VG

$35.00

November 24, 1947

Prettiest Sub-Deb. Met Opera Opens, June Lockhart, The Movie Hearings, Italy photo essay, Battle of Leyte Gulf, “Unconquered”

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same

Good

$17.50

December 1, 1947

Gregory Peck cover. Royal wedding of Philip & Elizabeth, Ezio Pinza, Television, Kate Greenaway Clothes, "Gentleman's Agreement" – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Good – chip from cover

$17.50

 

Same

Good, wear at edge, scuff

$17.50

December 8, 1947

Duke of Windsor. Memoirs - "A Royal Boyhood". Largest Telescope, Automobile Design photo essay, "The Robe", Noel Coward & Gertie Lawrence, “Mourning Because Electra” – 2 copies

G/VG

$20.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$17.50

December 15, 1947

Night Club Girls. Royal Newlyweds on Honeymoon (Elizabeth & Phillip), Duke of Windsor Part 2, "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway (with Brando), Gadgets, Midget Racers, Ingrid Bergman

Not Available

NA

December 22, 1947

Album of Christmas Carols. Small Town (Paoli, Indiana), Duke of Windsor Part 3, Skiing Prodigy, Cartier, College Parties

G/VG

$20.00

 December 29,1947

Miami – 17 Pages in Color. US Troops Leave Italy, The Thinkers photo essay, Hasty Pudding Centennial, Foreign Films – 2 copies

G/VG

$25.00

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$20.00

 

Same

Fair/Good, teras

$15.00

 

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