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I invite you to look at these pages from LIFE Magazine. It was a great weekly magazaine. It was inexpensive and it was about "Us" and there were pictures there to show what "We" did ! Looking back, I think you will be amazed at the advertisements (and the prices) and those of "Us" who were important and not so important people and what "We" did and said "back then." A lot of us would like to return to the "good ol' days .. well .. here it is !

Please excuse the rather unfinished look of this web page. At best you can say that this is a "work in progress." It takes time to assemble the parts into something useful .. but then I only work on this project in my spare time. Perhaps those experts out there will eventually provide a much more sophisticated resource than you see here. As always, I am open to comments and suggestions. - Tom

Disclaimer: This web page is for entertainment purposes, only. The entire content of Life Magazine that you will see resides with and is the property of the Time-Life Corporation, only .. and We are thankful that they have generously placed this historical document with it's images and articles on-line for public use.

BTW .. use you browser update key each time you enter this web page. I will be updating it randomly and often.

Some Fun Things To Do:

Numero Uno! Just look and think about what you see.

If you read history use these Life Magazine issues to look up a date, a person, a place or an event .. when it happened. (example: Kennedy's assignation)

If you have a place well defined, use Google Earth to zoom down and look at that place from above or at ground level. (example Islands in the South Pacific during WWII, streets of NY)

Instructions:

Either chose a year in the table, below .. or ..

Scroll down this page and select an icon-cover or date that may interest you .. then ..

Click on the cover of the selected issue .. which will pop up on your screen

After that just scroll through the pages of that issue
now ..

If you want to select another year-- just click on the word "Top" appearing in the left hand margin

Finding things: After you select an issue .. and .. have at least displayed a LIFE cover:

---- Table of Contents:
In the Upper Right Corner is a clickable block, titled and with two arrows “<” and “>.” Click on the title section of that block. A popup window showing the contents for that particular issue may appear. ***However, if the block is “greyed out” the contents will not be available*** (don’t know why) and you will have to scan and locate the TOC in the first few pages of that issue if this is important to you. A more useful feature that is available .. is the ability to search LIFE for key words …

---- Search Engine:
Along the left margin, under the small icon-cover of that issue, is a search block. Enter your search-words there and the Google Search engine will look for those word/s in that specific issue. If however, you want to search **All** issue of LIFE for those search-words, then check the box underneath labeled “Search all issues.” This is quite an amazing feature in that you will be able to “look” through all of the issues for your topic of interest. Now after the search, (hopefully) one or more issues will be found to contain those search words .. and they will be highlighted in yellow on that page.” Upon clicking on each successfully searched issue, the Google will take you right to the page containing your searched words. If you have more than one search word .. that should be connected, enclose those search- words in quotes. (Example: “Moscow, Idaho” ), I might add that your search-words might be found anywhere within an issue .. even in unrelated advertisements etc.

As you will see I have placed a few lines below the icon-cover of some issues. You can ignore these as they are something of interest to me.

Some additional useful links .. in case you want to "roll-your-own."

LIFE Magazine (it's all here)

Location Also .. a clickable preview of table of contents appears below the scrollable line-of-cover-pages .. for .. each particular issue that is chosen.

Google Image Search

Life Magazine Search

Topics

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30's

1936

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov 36 Top			23: index p7	30:
Dec 36 Top	07: Hitler' Life	14:	21:	28:

1937

Jan 37 Top	04:	11:	18:	25: index p60 Mao p9
Feb 37 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:
Mar 37 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Apr 37 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
May 37 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:
Jun 37 Top	07:	14:	24:	28:
Jul 37 Top	05:	12:	19:	26: Picasso-Guernica p64
Aug 37 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30:
Sep 37 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Oct 37 Top	04:	11: Kennedy p23 Communist China p100 Single Wing 104	18: Mussolini & Hitler p96	25: index p25
Nov 37 Top	01: Stock Market Crash p29	08:	15:	22:	29:
Dec 37 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:

1938

Jan 38 Top	03: Stein Pic p49 Mussolini p50	10:	17:	24:	31:
Feb 38 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Mar 38 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Apr 38 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
May 38 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30:
Jun 38 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Jul 38 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Aug 38 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Sep 38 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Oct 38 Top	03:	10:	17:	24: index p11 Hohokum Man p9 Sid Luckman p54	31:
Nov 38 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Dec 38 Top	05:	12: No Issue !	19:	26:

1939

Jan 39 Top	02: China-Jap War p7	09:	16:	23: \|	30:
Feb 39 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Mar 39 Top	06:	13:	20: Germany Having Fun Goebbles - p60	27:
Apr 39 Top	03:	10:	17:	24: Split Atom p52
May 39 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Jun 39 Top	05:	12:	19:	26: Selling Nazism to West p26
Jul 39 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:
Aug 39 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Sep 39 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Oct 39 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30:
Nov 39 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Dec 39 Top	04:	11:	18:	25: Picasso p18

40's

1940

Jan 40 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Feb 40 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Mar 40 Top	04: Picasso p56	11:	18:	25: Letter about Picasso p2
Apr 40 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
May 40 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Jun 40 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:
Jul 40 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Aug 40 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Sep 40 Top	02:	09:	16:	30:
Oct 40 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Nov 40 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Dec 40 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30:

1941

Jan 41 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Feb 41 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:
Mar 41 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:
Apr 41 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
May 41 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Jun 41 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30:
Jul 41 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Aug 41 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Sep 41 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Oct 41 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Nov 41 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:
Dec 41 Top	01:	08:	15:	22: Weakness in America	29:

1942

Jan 42 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Feb 42 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:
Mar 42 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30: Tojo
Apr 42 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
May 42 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Jun 42 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Jul 42 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Aug 42 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:
Sep 42 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Oct 42 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Nov 42 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30:
Dec 42 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:

1943

Jan 43 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Feb 43 Top	01: Guadacanal Aberdeen Proving Grd	08:	15:	22:
Mar 43 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Apr 43 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
May 43 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:
Jun 43 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Jul 43 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Aug 43 Top	02:	09:	16:	23:	30:
Sep 43 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Oct 43 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Nov 43 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Dec 43 Top	06:	13: Battle of Tarawa w/Lt. Eddie Albert p34 in LC white cap	20:	27:

1944

Jan 44 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:
Feb 44 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Mar 44 Top	06:	13:	20:	27:
Apr 44 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:
May 44 Top	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Jun 44 Top	05:	12:	19:	26:
Jul 44 Top	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:
Aug 44 Top	07:	14:	21:	28:
Sep 44 Top	04:	11:	18:	25:
Oct 44 Top	02: Gertrude Stein p83 Paris p87 First Battle in Germany p25 Roosevelt p34 Pacific War p36 Earnie Pyle p38 T-Formation Frank Leahy p56	09:	16:	23:	30:
Nov 44 Top	06:	13: Picasso's Hand p73	20:	27:
Dec 44 Top	04:	11:	18:	26:

1945

Jan 45	01:	08:	15: German Bulge p15	22:	29:
Feb 45	05:	12:	19:	26:
Mar 45	05:	12:	19:	26:
Apr 45	02:	09:	16:	23: Roosevelt's Death p19 & p73 The Phillies p 67	30: WWII Artists p 42
May 45	07: German Atrocities p32 German People p69	14:	21:	28:
Jun 45	04: Girls's Baseball p63	11:	18:	29:
Jul 45	02:	09:	16: Great Books U.Chicago	23:	30:
Aug 45	06:	13:	20:	27:
Sep 45	03:	10:	17:	24:
Oct 45	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
Nov 45	05:	12:	19:	26:
Dec 45	03:	10:	17:	24:	31:

1946

Jan 46	07:	14:	21:	28:
Feb 46	04:	11:	18:	25:
Mar 46	04:	11:	18:	25:
Apr 46	01:	08:	15:	22:	29:
May 46	04:
Jun 46
Jul 46		08:
Aug 46	05:		19:	21:
Sep 46				30:
Oct 46		07:	11:	21:
Nov 46
Dec 46

1947

Jan 47
Feb 47	03:
Mar 47	03:
Apr 47			21:
May 47
Jun 47		16:
Jul 47
Aug 47
Sep 47		08:
Oct 47		13: Picasso p92	27:
Nov 47	03:	08:
Dec 47	01:		22:	29:	Dec 30th 1947: Canon City Prison Break

1948

Jan 48	05: index p6	12: index p19 CC Prison Break p27 Mussolini p93	19: index p17
Feb 48			16:
Mar 48			15:
Apr 48	02: Co State Prison		12: Co State Prison
May 48	03			31:
Jun 48
Jul 48
Aug 48	02:	09:		30:
Sep 48
Oct 48		11: Picasso et al p56
Nov 48		08:
Dec 48				27:

1949

Jan 49		10:		31:
Feb 49			21: Armory Show
Mar 49	4:
Apr 49		11:	18:
May 49	2: Braque p80
Jun 49	06:		20:	27:
Jul 49				25: Albert Schweitzer in Aspen p22 & p74
Aug 49	01
Sep 49		19: Catholics p134	26:
Oct 49				24:	31:
Nov 49
Dec 49		12: Picasso p92

50's

1950

Jan 50	02: Armory Show of 1913 p58			30: Picasso 10
Feb 50		13:		27:
Mar 50	06:
Apr 50				28:
May 50				29:
Jun 50		12:
Jul 50
Aug 50	07:			21:
Sep 50	04:			25:
Oct 50		09:	16: Crisis in Schools	30:
Nov 50	06:			27:
Dec 50

1951

Jan 51			29:
Feb
Mar		19:	26: Feb 26 Debbie Reynolds
Apr
May
Jun			25:
Jul
Aug		20:
Sep
Oct			29:
Nov	05:
Dec

1952

Jan 52	02:		21:
Feb 52				25:
Mar 52			24:	31:
Apr 52	07: Truman p33 MM p101	14:
May 52	05:
Jun 52				23:
Jul 52
Aug 52	04:	11:	18:
Sep 52				22:
Oc 52t
No 52v		10:		24: Co. State Prison
Dec 52				29:

1953

Jan 53
Feb 53				23:
Mar 53			23:	30: Picasso-Stalin portrait p42
Apr 53				27:
May 53	04:	11:
Jun 53				25:
Jul 53	06:			20:
Aug 53	03:
Sep 53
Oct 53	05:		19:	26:
Nov 53	09:
Dec 53

1954

Jan 54
Feb 54
Mar 54			15:	29:
Apr 54	05:			31:
May 54	03:	10:	17:	29:
Jun 54		14:
Jul 54		12:
Aug 54	02:	09:
Sep 54	06:
Oct 54	04:		19:
Nov 54	08: Picasso-Pony Tail Oeriod p119
Dec 54

1955

Jan 55	03:			31:
Feb 55		14:		21:
Mar 55				21:
Apr 55	05:
May 55	16:	09:	16:
Jun 55		13:		27: Picasso-Early Work p124
Jul 55
Aug 55				22:
Sep 55			19:
Oct 55
Nov 55			14:
Dec 55			19:	26:

1956

Jan 56	09:
Feb 56	06:	13:
Mar 56		12:
Apr 56			30:
May 56			28:
Jun 56	11:	18:	23:
Jul 56			30:
Aug 56
Sep 56	03:
Oct 56
Nov 56
Dec 56	03: Perl Harbor p164 Snow Storm

1957

Jan 57				28:
Feb 57				25:
Mar 57
Apr 57
May 57		11:
Jun 57		10:
Jul 57		15:		26:
Aug 57		12: Aspen Music p67	15:
Sep 57	02:			30:
Oct 57	07: Little Rock p37	14: Sputnik pg 34 Picasso p77	21: Sputnik pg19 G. Harry Stein	28:
Nov 57	04: Missle Gap p27	11:	18:
Dec 57

1958

Jan 58	06:
Feb 58			17:	24:
Mar 58				24:
Apr 58		07:		28:
May 58		11: Stock Market p22
Jun 58
Jul 58		14:
Aug 58	04:			25:
Sep 58	01:			22:
Oct 58	06:		20: Pope Pius XII p34 Vanguard Launch p30
Nov 58		10:	17:
Dec 58

1959

Jan
Feb
Mar			16:
Apr
May		11:		25:
Jun
Jul
Aug			17:
Sep			17:
Oct
Nov	02: Health Care	16:
Dec				28:

60's

1960

Jan			18:
Feb			22:	28:
Mar				28:
Apr
May	02:	16:
Jun		13:	20:
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct		10:	17:
Nov				28:
Dec		12:	19:	26:

1961

Jan 61			20:	27:
Feb 61	01:
Mar 61				24: Picasso-Married p105
Apr 61
May 61	05:			26:
Jun 61
Jul 61
Aug 61
Sep 61	01:	08:
Oct 61				27:
Nov 61			17: Letter about Picasso p 13
Dec 61	01:

1962

Jan 62		12:
Feb 62		09:
Mar 62				30:
Apr 62
May 62			18: Picasso p123	25:
Jun 62
Jul 62			20:
Aug 62		10:
Sep 62
Oct 62
Nov	7 p7-Skyline Drive			30:
Dec	07:

1963

Jan
Feb			15:
Mar
Apr				26:
May			17:	24:
Jun
Jul		19:		26:
Aug
Sep
Oct	04:
Nov		15:
Dec

1964

Jan		10: index p5 McArthur p46	17:
Feb
Mar		13:
Apr		10:
May
Jun		12:
Jul
Aug
Sep	04"
Oct	02:
Nov	06:
Dec	04:	11: index p5	18:

1965

Jan 65		12:
Feb 65
Mar 65
Apr 65		09: Hermitige p42
May 65
Jun 65		11:
Jul 65				30:
Aug 65	06:	13:		27:
Sep 65	10:
Oct 65	01:
Nov 65			19:
Dec 65	03:

1966

Jan
Feb			18:
Mar
Apr
May
Jun		10:		23:
Jul	01:
Aug			19:
Sep
Oct		14:
Nov				25: index p3 Kennedy p38
Dec

1967

Jan 67	16:
Feb 67			24:
Mar 67
Apr 67		21:	25: Picasso p85
May 67
Jun 67	16:		30:
Jul 67
Aug 67			25: Picasso (Chicago)
Sep 67
Oct 67
Nov 67
Dec 67

1968

Jan	05:
Feb	02:
Mar	01:	08:	15:	22:
Apr			19: Martin Luther King p28	26:
May
Jun		14:		28:
Jul		12:
Aug	02:	09:	16:
Sep
Oct	04:
Nov
Dec				20:	27: Picasso Issue

1969

Jan 69		17:		24: Letter about Guernica
Feb 69	07:
Mar 69	07:			21:
Apr 69			18:
May 69			23:
Jun 69	06:		20:
Jul 69			18:
Aug 69		15:	22:
Sep 69		12:	21:
Oct 69	03:
Nov 69
Dec 69	05:		19:	26:

70's

1970

Jan 70		09: Picasso Erotic Engravings p107
Feb 70	06:			20:
Mar 70	06:		20:
Apr 70
May 70	08:			22:	29: Picasso Erotic Engravings p14
Jun 70				26: Picasso EroticEngravings p16
Jul 70
Aug 70				28:
Sep 70
Oct 70
Nov 70	06:
Dec 70		11:	18:	25:

1971

Jan 71
Feb 71		12:
Mar 71
Apr 71			17:	23: Gertrude Stein p56
May 71	05:		21:
Jun 71		11:	18:
Jul 71		09:
Aug 71	06:		20:	27:
Sep 71
Oct 71				29: Picasso p52
Nov 71		12:
Dec 71

1972

Jan
Feb				25:
Mar				31:
Apr	07 Medi-Care
May	05:
Jun
Jul
Aug	04:
Sep	01:	08: index p5 Marilyn Monroe p71		29:
Oct
Nov	03:	10: Taos p77	19:	24:
Dec	08: