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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
 

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Contents

Speaking of pictures, nationwide contest picks most beautiful 15-year-old in the U.S.
14
Beauty contests
Okinawa junk heap
19
Okinawa Island (Japan)
And now Formosa
24
Taiwan
Speaking of news
24
Fulton Lewis; 1903-1966, News
Van Gogh mystery case
26
Vincent van Gogh; 1853-1890, Art (Expertising)
Red flannel day
54
Cedar Springs (Mich.)
Speedy bricklayer
57
Bricklaying
Pinnys
60
Clothing and dress (Children)
Streetcar named Desire
66
Tennessee Williams; 1911-1983, Theater reviews (Single works)
Mr Maytag
71
Frederick Louis MAYTAG; 1911-., Maytag Corporation Maytag Company, Newton (Iowa)

Marvadel Black Gum comes through
28
Retrievers
As New Zealand goes, so goes Australia
30
Elections (Australia, New Zealand)
Gas main blows up in Allentown, Pa
35
Gas pipes, Allentown (Pa.)
Christmas lights
40
Christmas decorations
Canasta craze
47
Canasta (Game)
It takes a Russian to beat a Russian
80
Psychological warfare, World War, 1939-1945 (Germany, Soviet Union)
Plate painting
91
Pottery (Decoration)
Life visits Ezio Pinza
94
Ezio Pinza; 1892-1957
Venus causes trouble
100
Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Art dealers

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