Henry R. Luce (1898–1967)

6660. Time Capsule/1941 A History of the Year Condensed from the Pages of Time (read 18 Nov 2019) I followed the news assiduously in 1941 but did not have access to Time magazine. So I thought it would be fun to revisit that exciting year, and it was. Since it was the Time people themselves who compiled this book no doubt material which in 1967 would reflect adversely on the magazine was not included. But I found I greatly enjoyed seeing 1941 through this book and there were of course some show more things I was not aware of in 1941 and some things I no doubt had forgotten. But all in all it was a good book to read and to relive that momentous year. show less

The first issue of "Life" magazine in its current photodocumentary form, cover price 10 cents. I have always felt that one can best learn about the people of another time, their thoughts, feelings, hopes and fears by seeing the movies of their time, reading their books, listening to their music - and reading their magazines. "Life" was an American tradition, an icon, found in every home, read by every American. Or so it seemed. The cover is a photo of the Columbia River Basin by Margaret show more Bourke-White. The first inner photostory is, appropriately, the first breath of a newborn baby. Pg. 9 has a famous photograph of Montana relief workers relaxing on a Saturday night, by Bourke-White again. Pg. 22 has a feature on the attempt to learn how to get transport planes above 35,000 feet, where weather is always clear and a transcontinental crossing can be made in 8-10 hours. Pg. 28: a feature on Kansas painter John Steuart Curry, currently working on a mural for the U.S. Supreme Court. Several paintings are shown in color. Pg: 32: the "greatest living actress", Helen Hayes. Pg. 36: Ten-year-old NBC at Rockefeller Center, and some of its regular performers: Walter Winchell, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jack Benny, Rudee Vallee, Helen Hayes and Dorothy Thompson. An hour of air time cost an advertiser $6,000. In a story on Brazil: "Brazilians are charming people, but are incurably lazy. The original Portuguese conquistadors did not bring their wives, married Indian aborigines, and their descendants added the blood of Negro slaves to the strain. The mixture did not work". Pg. 44 ad: "For digestion's sake - Smoke Camels". Pg. 50: First-ever air photograph of the future Fort Knox, to hold $10 billion in bullion. Pg. 72: a photo of the capture of two members of Bonnie and Clyde's gang, almost a mirror image of the same scene from the movie. Some minor inner page separation from centerfold. Franklin Roosevelt's Wild West: pg. 9. LIFE on the American Newsfront: pg. 18. "Overweather": pg. 22. Chinatown School: pg. 24. The President's Album: pg. 26. Curry of Kansas: pg. 28. "Greatest Living Actress": pg. 32. ...and Helen Hayes' Child: pg. 35. N.B.C.: pg. 36. Brazil: pg. 40. Cheerleader: pg. 47. Fort Knox: pg. 50. Fort Belvedere: pg. 53. The Camera Overseas: pg. 54. Robert Taylor: pg. 60. ...into "Camille": pg. 62. One-Legged Man on a Mountain: pg. 69. LIFE's Pictures (An Index): pg. 72. Russia Relaxes: pg. 76. Private Lives: pg. 78. Black Widow: pg. 84. Gooney Golf: pg. 86. LIFE Goes To a Party: pg. 90. show less

Cover: "Sea, sand and siren" (a bathing beauty). Pg. 12: Collectors' photographs of old locomotives. Pg. 21: The first British commercial plane lands in a U.S. airport. Pg. 45: Confederate veterans in their 47th (and possibly last) reunion. Pg. 82: Sinclair Lewis tweaks a German theatrical agent, claiming to be Jewish by ancestry. Pg. 89: Ad for "the most beautiful truck in the world". It just may be. Pg. 90: Two-page ad about Pullman train accomodations. Letters to the Editors: pg. 6. show more Speaking of Pictures: pg. 12. Flight to Bermuda: pg. 21. LIFE on the American Newsfront: pg. 26. Movie of the Week: The Road Back: pg. 30. Swimming: pg. 32. Bache Art Collection: pg. 40. Confederate Reunion: pg. 45. British Animals: pg. 48. Open-Crown Hats: pg. 50. "You Can't Take It With You": pg. 54. "Room Service": pg. 56. German Racer: pg. 58. Victoria on Screen: pg. 60. Forest Fires: pg. 65. Upside-down Dancer: pg. 68. Priests on Mussolini: pg. 70. The Camera Overseas: pg. 73. Golf: The Open: pg. 80. Private Lives: pg. 82. U.S. Groom of the Year: pg. 86. LIFE Goes to a Party: pg. 92. Pictures to the Editors: pg. 99. show less

Cover: The Queen Mary. Pg. 8: An article on the new interest in Yoga. Pg. 24: A sit-down strike in Hershey, Pennsylvania is thwarted. Pg. 39: "Lead Belly: Bad nigger makes good minstrel". Pg. 72: A polar bear is shot and taken by the crew of a Russian icebreaker. Pg. 74: Life goes to a party given by Basil Rathbone. Guests include Marlene Dietrich, Cesar Romero, Mary Astor, Edward G. Robinson, Jeanette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Fredric March, Cole Porter and Loretta Young. Letters to the show more Editors: pg. 5. Speaking of Pictures: pg. 8. Admiral of the Fleet and Sailors: pg. 17. LIFE on the American Newsfront: pg. 22. Sculptors' Speed Test: pg. 26. Queen Mary: pg. 28. Leadbelly: pg. 38. Elephant Wedding: pg. 45. Duke of Windsor's Pension: pg. 46. Movie of the Week: Marked Woman: pg. 49. Normandie's Propellor: pg. 52. Whirlpools: pg. 54. X-Ray Eyes: pg. 57. Bright Baby: pg. 60. Chinese Airports: pg. 62. Scrap: pg. 64. LIFE's Pictures: An Index: pg. 69. Private Lives: pg. 70. Russian Bear Hunt: pg. 72. LIFE Goes to a Party: pg. 74. Queen Mary: A Chronology: pg. 78. Pictures to the Editors: pg. 81. show less