"Life" Bound Volume of Issues, April-June 1947

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Artifact Overview

First published in 1883 as a general-interest and humor publication, Life magazine became America's first all-photographic weekly news magazine after being purchased and re-envisioned by publisher Henry Luce in 1936. Under Luce, its popularity boomed, and by the 1950s more than 22 million Americans read the publication. This bound volume contains issues from April to June 1947.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Subject Date

April 1947-June 1947

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

97.54.27

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Bookbinding (Process)
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 14.25 in
Width: 10.5 in