April 24th, 1939 - Cover of LIFE magazine...

[kentuck]

My wife and I went to the local flea market this morning to look for a birdcage. Of course, I'm always on the lookout for an Aria classical guitar or old antique radios and my wife loves to look for very old books and magazines - they sometimes have little treasures and notes hidden between the pages. Anyhow, she found a very interesting old LIFE magazine. On its cover was a large lifesize photo of Neville Chamberlain. Inside were editorial comments from about 10-12 editorial writers of the time, including Walter Lippman, Heywood Broun, Dorothy Thompson, and Walter Winchell. It was about the "great debate" going on in America about whether or not we should go to war? Between the photos of Katherine Hepburn and Betty Davis were reports and photos of Adolph Hitler on a cruise of some sort. There were ads for automobiles, including the new Studebaker, the new Hudson, and the new 1939 Olds, which was advertised as getting the best gas mileage. The most expensive automobile was $777.00 and the magazine cost 10cents. I thought it interesting because Mr. Chamberlain has been in the news in the last couple of days.. :-)

[femrap]

1. I love old magazines...

they take me to another time and culture.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. I can't believe someone would let that go...

...considering he's been in the news.

What a find.

[fed-up]

5. here is a link to a mag selling site w/pics of covers

and I posted the link to the contents for each issue to the OP-you can probably find the same mags for half price on ebay or used.addall.com

http://www.2neatmagazines.com/life/1939cover.html

1939 LIFE Magazine Cover Art

The purpose of this page is to display the cover art for all the issues in the year : Life magazine pictures.
These Life magazine photos are NOT meant to represent the condition of individual issues for sale.

[90-percent]

3. old mags

especially late fifties when i started looking at them as a child, make me really nostalgic.

so many pics and ads back then were original artwork. always had a richer feel than our current computer generated graphics.

you cant go home again, I suppose....


-90% Jimmy

[madfloridian]

4. How much for the magazine?

Just wondering.

[kentuck]

7. Two bucks...

We didn't haggle over the price. :-)

[fed-up]

6. check out this mag selling site w/content list for each issue

you can probably find the same mags on ebay or used.addall.com for half his asking price

http://www.2neatmagazines.com/life/1939.html

[hootinholler]

8. I love ephemera!

Happen to have some Civil War era copies of Harpers.

-Hoot