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1938-07-04 Life Magazine Contents

1938/07/04 — Cover featuring West Point Wedding is credited to Frank Scherschel

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • A Survivor Photographs the Worst U.S. Train Wreck in 50 Years
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • Max Schmelling Out on the Ropes – 1 page, full-page photo
  • …and How Joe Louis Made Him Scream – 2 pages, several small action photos
  • Whitney Auction, Courtroom Murder, Gaurd’s Collapse and a Roman Victory
  • Boy Marries Girl – Weddings of the Week
  • The Nation’s Biggest Copper Mine Shuts Down
  • Labor – Rough Stuff in Vancouver, New Orleans and New York
  • A Father Rescues His Some from Amnesia
  • A London Levitator Takes a Self-Portrait
  • Pancake Landing – From Above and Below

    • SCIENCE:
    New Florida Aquarium Reveals Battles of the Deep

  • The Traffic Problem – Rockwell Kent Illustrates Its Causes and Solution – 12 pages total, with 3 or 4 illustrated by Kent

    • MOVIES:

  • Danielle Darrieux Makes
  • …”The Rage of Paris”
  • Lloyd Douglas’ Home Town Has a World Premiere

    • FASHIONS:

  • Pee Wee Hats

    • ART:

  • Lauren Ford Paints Her Own Connecticut

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Speaking of Pictures –An Aerial Roundup
  • Letters to the Editors
  • LIFE Looks Back to the Johnson vs. Jeffries Fight
  • LIFE Goes to a Wedding at West Point
  • Pictures to the Editors