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

Fortune No. 3, March 1933, With The United Fruit Company and The Conquest Of Honduras, The Social Register, Allen DeVilbiss And The Airgun, U.S. Imports, Hartford Family And The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, The High Cost Of Diarmament And The U.S. S. Indianapolis, The Collapse Of The Bank Of The United States And Joseph S. Marcus, Atlas: Cigar Box Art (Color Relief Plates), International Shoe, Royal Dutch Shell Directors (Photo Essay), Charleston South Carolina
by Luce, Henry R. show more (Editor), Edward Ellsberg Cover: Ernest Hamlin Baker show less

Cover: Vice President Garner. Pg. 14: The nation's editorial cartoonists (including Fitzpatrick of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) look at FDR's "pump-priming" $5 billion spending bill. Pg. 18: U.S. veterans battle with American Nazis at a demonstration in Manhattan. Pg. 32: John Steinbeck wins the Critics' Prize for best play of the year, "Of Mice and Men". Pg. 42: A museum of abstract art includes works by Picasso, Braque, Miro and Matisse. Pg. 50: Missouri cockfight. Pg. 67: Preserved tracks show more and bones in the desert from the Donner Party crossing of 1846. The Week's Events: The General of the Armies Goes to His Son's Wedding: pg. 9. Labor Spills Its Quota of Blood: pg. 13. The Country's Cartoonists Have Fun With Pump-priming: pg. 14. Newspictures of the Week: pg. 16. The War Goes On: U.S. Nazis vs. American Veterans: pg. 18. 2,000 Germans Go to Sea to Vote "Ja": pg. 20. Easter: Sunrise Services From Coast to Coast: pg. 22. Missouri Cockfight: pg. 50. The Photographic Essay: Railroading: The Southern's Charlotte Division and How it Runs: pg. 51. Sport: Washington Out-Rows California: pg. 27. The Boston Marathon: No. 3 is No. 1: pg. 30. Theatre: "Of Mice and Men": The Critics' Favorite: pg. 32. Science: 75,000,000 Germans Live a Synthetic Life: pg. 33. Art: Gallatin's Museum is All Abstract: pg. 42. Movies: "Un Carnet de Bal": pg. 46. Fashions: A Wave-Cut That Lasts a Lifetime: pg. 48. Speaking of Fashion - "It's Spinach": pg. 2. Letters to the Editors: pg. 6. LIFE Goes to a Party With Artists in Advertisements: pg. 62. Pictures to the Editors: pg. 66. show less