Life Magazine for January 30, 1970, "Ecology Becomes Everybody's Issue"

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Artifact Overview

Popular news magazines consolidated reports on environmental degradation and informed the general public about the need for an environmental movement. LIFE was the second of the major news magazines (Newsweek was the first on January 26, 1970, and TIME was the third on February 2, 1970) to dedicate an issue to, as the Newsweek edition explained it, the greatest test of human innovation: preserving the environment.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

30 January 1970

Creators

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2018.126.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 13.25 in
Width: 10.25 in

Life Magazine for January 30, 1970, "Ecology Becomes Everybody's Issue"