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1937-05-03 Life Magazine Contents

1937/05/03 — Cover photograph featuring “Harlow in Hollywood” is by Martin Munkacsi Contents of this issue are as follows: Letters to the Editors Speaking of Pictures England Prepares for the Coronation LIFE on the American Newsfront Portrait of Hollywood Movie of the Week: A Star Is Born Edward Hopper – with 3 pages of color [...]

1937-04-26 Life Magazine Contents

1937/04/26 — Cover photograph featuring White Leghorn Rooster is credited to Torekel Korling Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Letters to the Editors Wagner Act and Henry Ford LIFE on the American Newsfront Portrait of a Nightmare Texas Oil Fire Movie of the Week: Captains Courageous with Spencer Tracy America’s Defense [...]

1937-04-19 Life Magazine Contents

1937/04/19 — Cover photograph featuring “Queen Mary” is credited to Aerial Explorations Contents of this issue are as follows: Letters to the Editors Speaking of Pictures Admiral of the Fleet and Sailors LIFE on the American Newsfront Sculptors’ Speed Test Queen Mary Lead Belly with full-page color photo of Huddie Ledbetter aka Lead Belly Elephant [...]

1937-04-12 Life Magazine Contents

1937/04/12 — Cover photograph featuring “Centenarian” is credited to Time, Inc. Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Letters to the Editors Ancient Man – Peking Man LIFE on the American Newsfront Movie of the Week: Elephant Boy starring Sabu Quezon of the Philippines Cezanne – Includes color reproductions of five paintings [...]

1937-04-05 Life Magazine Contents

1937/04/05 — Cover photograph featuring “Terrier Barking Up Tree” is credited to Helen T. Farrell Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Strikers’ Spirit of 1937 LIFE on the American Newsfront Cardinals in Training – The Gas House Gang – 7 pages of photos including a full-page shot of manager Frankie Frisch, [...]

1937-03-29 Life Magazine Contents

1937/03/29 — Cover photograph featuring Easter Choristers is credited to INS Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Air Hostesses Death on the American Newsfront – A Texas School and 400 Pupils Blown to Bits LIFE on the American Newsfront – The “American Nazis” Claim 200,000 Members Movie of the Week: The [...]

1937-03-22 Life Magazine Contents

1937/03/22 — Cover photograph featuring Parachute Text With Dummy is credited to Margaret Bourke-White Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Austria and Habsburgs LIFE on the American Newsfront Photogenic Mayor – Fiorello LaGuardia Parachutes Dr. Carver – A page and a half of photos of George Washington Carver Movie of the [...]

1937-03-15 Life Magazine Contents

1937/03/15 — Cover photograph featuring “Throne in Westminster Abbey” is credited to Time, Inc. Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Steel Raises Wages LIFE on the American Newsfront Movie of the Week: Love Is News with Loretta Young and Tyrone Power Mrs. Roosevelt’s Album Coronets The Coronation – includes 6 pages [...]

1937-03-08 Life Magazine Contents

1937/03/08 — Cover photograph featuring Ski Lift at Sun Valley is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Sandbag Mystery – Who Murdered the Sandhog Leader? LIFE on the American Newsfront Tristan & Isolde Sun Valley, Idaho Chinese Brides Charles Evans Hughes , A Biography – 6 pages [...]

1937-03-01 Life Magazine Contents

1937/03/01 — Cover photograph featuring 274 Laboratory Mice is credited to Henry M. Lester Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures War on Cancer LIFE on the American Newsfront Strip Plowing Belgrave Babies Silver Fox Court Tennis – Ogden Phipps Thomas Hart Benton Murals- includes 3 pages of color reproductions Beuty by [...]

1937-02-22 Life Magazine Contents

1937/02/22 — Cover photograph featuring “Triton for St. Louis” is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt. Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Trotsky in Exile The President’s Album LIFE on the American Newsfront A Great Negro Singer – Marian Anderson India’s Northwest Frontier Table Tennis Sculpture by Carl Milles – Several scuptures pictured [...]

1937-02-15 Life Magazine Contents

1937/02/15 — Cover photograph featuring General Senjuro Hayashi is credited to Leon Daniel Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Floods Aftermath LIFE on the American Newsfront LIFE Goes to a Party Supreme Court – FDR asks for Power to Increase the Supreme Court Mellon’s Gift 20th Century Fox’s Darryl Zanuck – [...]

1937-02-08 Life Magazine Contents

1937/02/08 — Cover photograph featuring Winter on the Range is credited to Charles J. Beldon Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Ohio-Mississippi Flood Movie of the Week: Maid of Salem Italy’s Movie of the Year: Scipio Africanus Lotus – Circus-Trained Hippo Spring Turning – Grant Wood work in color spreads over [...]

1937-01-25 Life Magazine Contents

1937/01/25 — Cover photograph featuring England’s Royal Lion in Stone is credited to TIME, Inc. Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Chinese Communists – Mao Tse-tung The President’s Album Strike Truce California Cold Greyhound Racing in Florida U.S. Army in the Air – With 4 pages of color illustrations England’s Air [...]

1937-01-24 Life Magazine Contents

1938/01/24 — Cover featuring “Down An Alp” is credited to World Graphic Press Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The World’s Two Wars – Teruel Falls and Tsingtao Burns LIFE on the American Newsfront The Roosevelt Face in the Roosevelt Recession – Several photos of FDR over 3 pages Big Business [...]

1937-01-18 Life Magazine Contents

1937/01/18 — Cover photograph featuring “Henry and Edsel Ford at Dearborn” is credited to Russell Aikins Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Sit-down Strikes A Munitions Ship Puts to Sea Crime Senator With Charm Paramount Rest Hour Perry v. Vines Table Tennis Britain’s Noble Beauties – Includes full-page color photos of [...]

1937-01-11 Life Magazine Contents

1937/01/11 — Cover photograph featuring Japanese Soldiers is credited to Black Star Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Governors: New and Old – Photos of every U.S. Governor LIFE on the American Newsfront Margaret Sanger Celebrates a Birth Control Victory Bootleg Coal Winslow Homer – 2 pages of color repros Bum [...]

1937-01-04 Life Magazine Contents

1937/01/04 — Cover photograph featuring President Roosevelt is credited to Harris & Ewing Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures The House of Orange-Nassau Markswoman, Basketballers, Footballers California Racing Flashlight Night The Opera The Roosevelt Rule (1933-37): A Pictorial Record Washington Murals – 4 pages of color repros The Hunt Moves Off [...]

1936-12-28 Life Magazine Contents

1936/12/28 — Cover photograph featuring Metropolitan Opera’s Ballet is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures The Speaker of the House – William Brockman Bankhead LIFE on the American Newsfront Gone With the Wind – Millionth copy printed, photos of similar Georgia Scenes plus picture facts on the [...]

1936-12-21 Life Magazine Contents

1936/12/21 — Cover photograph featuring Lord Beaverbrook’s Granddaughter is from Pictures, Inc. Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures The Monarchy LIFE on the American Newsfront Slag Pittsburgh Babies Pittsburgh Businessmen Cardinals – The Princes of the Church In St. Peter’s Young Musicians Tattooing – 2 pages of color photos London’s Biggest [...]

1936-12-14 Life Magazine Contents

1936/12/14 — Cover photograph featuring The Archbishop of Canterbury is credited to Time, Inc. Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures – Cock Fight Gus Gennerich at Rio President Roosevelt at Rio LIFE on the American Newsfront Six Day Race Battle of the Fence Dress Designer – Nettie Rosenstein Surrealism – 4 [...]

1936-11-30 Life Magazine Contents

1936/11/30 — Cover photograph featuring West Point Cadet is by Alfred Eisenstaedt Contents of this issue are as follows: Speaking of Pictures Another President Goes to Sea LIFE on the American Newsfront Steve Hannagan’s Girls Picture Life of Stalin Movie of the Week: Rembrandt, with 4 pages of color reproductions of Rembrandt paintings Mapping the [...]

1936-11-23 Life Magazine Contents

1936/11/23 — Cover photograph featuring Fort Peck Dam is by Margaret Bourke-White Contents of this issue are as follows: Franklin Roosevelt’s Wild West LIFE on the American Newsfront “Overweather” Chinatown School The President’s Album Curry of Kansas “Greatest Living Actress” …And Helen Hayes’ Child N.B.C. Brazil Cheerleader Fort Knox Fort Belvedere The Camera Overseas Robert [...]