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Life Magazine
1969 Moon Special Edition - To the moon and back.
SEE AUGUST 10, 1969
Life Magazine
January 10, 1969 : Cover - 1968
Special Issue: The Incredible Year with photo
of the earth as seen from Apollo 8 in space. Discovery
: Apollo 8 photographs. Really cute full page color
Oldsmobile ad with three bobbies (old style policemen)
- it's time to give common cars the slip. Half page
Chap Stick ad with National Football League player in
his underwear and pads, Bob Lilly, Dallas Cowboys. Shock
: assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert
Kennedy, James Earl Ray, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Awesome
two page photo and poem of the Sea of Tranquility, the
moon. Full page color Lark cigarettes ad with two old
and unhealthy looking people carrying groceries. Dissent
: worldwide student protests. War : Biafra, Czechoslovakia,
and Vietnam. Two page color Marlboro cigarettes ad with
art by Tom Ryan A. Comeback : Richard Nixon. Jacqueline
and Aristotle Onassis. Julie and David Eisenhower. Apollo
8 crew families : wives Valeria Anders and Sue Borman,
Marilyn Lovell. Heart recipients Philip Blaiberg, Robert
McKee, Pieter Smith, and William Carroll. Two half page
spread ad for Autolite spark plugs, with the speed boat
hydroplane Miss Bardahl.
G - $38 
F (All G, nice,
but first 3 pages have a spot, nothing bad.) - $20
F (All G, nice, but cover is a bit worn) - $20
Life Magazine January
17, 1969 : Cover - Photograph of Sirhan Sirhan,
exclusive interview in jail. Full page Maytag ad with
Mrs. Tami Doll of Rockland, Ontario and her family.
Full page color General Electric flash cubes (for cameras)
with green dots that turn black when used. Full page
color Pontiac ad with art by AF and VK. Our Journey
to the Moon, written by astronauts Frank Borman, Jim
Lovell, and Bill Anders ( a nice long article with some
great photos). Full page color Marlboro cigarettes ad
of a very different type, this one has a guy in a cowboy
hat, but also a surfer and a skier - win a trip to anywhere
in Marlboro country. New York City Center opera singer
Beverly Sills, interview and photos, including one of
her in the most amazing turquoise and silver outfit
- harem girl meets Las Vegas showgirl? Mustangs on the
western ranges, photo of : Bob Brislawn, "Wild Horse
Annie" Johnston. Retiring Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
photo of Mrs. Rachel Nason. Richard Burton and Liz Taylor.
Ideas in Houses - penthouse on a Palazzo in Rome, photo
of Adriana Sartoga. Full page color Buick Opel Kadett
car ad, the Mini-Brute. Students protest and SAVE the
Silvermine College of Art in New Canaan, Connecticut.
G - $22
Life Magazine January
24, 1969 : Cover - Photo of Catherine Deneuve,
sultry and with lots of hair (nice feature inside).
Full page color Quaker State oil with six different
oil types and cans. Full page color Lark cigarettes
ad with somewhat messy looking painter on his painting
ladder. Striking two page color Ford ad with Torino
car, red with white stripes. Two men closest to President
Nixon : Secretary of State William Rogers and Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert Finch, long
article, lots of photos. Broadway Joe Namath, football
player, includes many photos. Science promises new foods
to challenge world hunger, bio-engineering. Final issue
of "Saturday Evening Post". Baptism of Rory Elizabeth
Katherine Kennedy. Irish fugitive Sean Alphonsus Bourke.
Fashion - snappy knits, black and whites, tile patterns,
more from the Portuguese. Neat "aerial" photo
of Sculptor Isamu Noguchi new piece, a 28 foot high
steel cube on Broadway in New York City.
VG - $20
G - $11
F (Generally G, but spine is water marked) -
$5
Life Magazine January
31, 1969 : Cover - Washington Monument and plane,
this photo is eerie now that we have the images of 9/11
to remember. Full page color Newport cigarettes ad with
rugged looking "sailor" guy in jeans, watch
cap and pea coat, standing near modern sailboat. Rather
unusual full page color Spec-T ad for sore-throat, cold
medicines. Humorous little letter to the editor wanting
to know why they had to ruin an issue of LIFE by including
a photo of a nearly nude woman wearing St. Laurent's
see-through dress - "You seem to have a compulsion
to include this sort of thing", written by Joanne
Buchman of Cincinnati. The inauguration - Rhetoric Meets
Reality. Vietnam protest parade in WAshington. VERY
nice full page color Pontiac GTO ad with ski theme art
by VK and AF, official car of the US Ski Team. Mr. Synanon
goes public, Chuck Dederich, Charles E. Dederich. Bali
travelogue and photo gallery - super piece. Unusual
two page color Crest tooth paste ad, the Yardstick.
Snowmobiles - the Marvelous Menace in Maine, Saddleback
mountain, David Peterson. Neat two page color International
Paper Company ad with Mr. Ryohei Kanakogi, Karate master,
striking at a stack of corrugated cardboard. Recipes
of things to go with fondue. Profile - Joseph M Gonzales
- Brother Alexis with Mimi Smith. Anne Heywood, Marlon
Brando, and Eriprando Visconti in The Lady. Full page
color Marlboro ad with cowboy on snowshoes LEADING his
horse - itj'd never happen in real life.
G - $13
Life Magazine February
7, 1969 : Cover - Photo of Commander Lloyd M.
Bucher of the captive ship "U.S.S. Pueblo", long feature
article inside. Two page American Motors ad with two
compact cars, the Rambler and the Rebel, with prices.
A long letter pertaining to the Sioux indians by Shana
Alexander. Full page color Campbell's soup ad with two
"Campbell Up!' cups and the most fake looking tomato
soup ever. Funeral for Czech suicide Jan Palach. Louisiana
State University basketball player Pete Maravich and
head coach and father Press Maravich. Cool two page
color Simmons sofa ad with a large number of sofas in
a park in front of a castle. Air pollution in the US,
Washington DC, Missoula (Montana), Chicago, Los Angeles,
Polk County (Florida), New York City. Vietnam peace
talks in Paris, someone hung a Vietcong flag on the
tip of the Notre Dame spire - it took some crazy passes
with a helicopter to get it off. "Portnoy's Complaint"
author Philip Roth. Vanishing Wildlife - Indian rhinoceros.
Charming photo of a bride soaking her feet in a tub
- "Too late for cold feet."
G - $11
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Magazine February 14, 1969 :
Cover - Barbara Streisand's Dolly - great photo - The
VG - $20 million film that can't be released. Full page
color Chrysler motors ad with three bright red boats
in close proximity. MOB muscles into a top-priority
defense plant, Gateway ammunition plant, Anthony Giardano,
more. Here is an odd ad for Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation, full page color ad for gas pipelines, features
women in Perky Plaid Knits made from synthetic fibers
by Bobbie Brooks. Very simplistic and nice full page
color Coca-Cola ad with valentine's theme. Full page
Maytag ad with Mrs. Edward J. Petr of Hastings, Nebraska
and her family. A full page piece about what must be
a wolf hunt at Minden, Louisiana, mentions Lonnie Cupples,
John Evans, Boots Kirkley, Euel Mathes. Cute full page
Volkswagen ad - is someone learning how to fix Volkswagens
on your Vokswagen? Great Arctic oil strike - it could
double U.S. reserves - Alaska's North Slope, great photos,
includes Tom Miklautsch of Fairbanks. Edwin D. Etherington
president of Wesleyan University. Bobby Kennedy Jr.
in Africa on safari. Radical's view of Cuba, written
by Carl Oglesby. Fashion - jumpers. Coach Myron Roderick
and Oklahoma State wrestling.
G - $22
F (Generally G, but lower spine end is water
marked, extra tanning) - $5
Life Magazine
February 21, 1969 : Cover -
Nixon on dock in Key Biscayne. Full page color Four
Roses whiskey ad with nice skiing photo. Full page color
glamour ad with Chrysler 300 2 door hardtop car in Maroon.
Charming full page color Volkswagen van ad with 9 member
band and their instruments inside. Winter White House,
President Nixon cruising on his houseboat off the shore
of Florida, Key Biscayne, includes Bebe Rebozo. Incident
off Ghana - tiny African country seizes two Soviet trawlers.
Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci. Conductor Thomas
Schippers, Bernstein's heir apparent, also Seiji Ozawa,
Zubin Mehta, Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel, Istvan Kertesz,
Claudio Abbado. Oil Slick - runaway well off the California
coast, includes photos of surfers in oil-slicked water
on Hobson Beach. Ideas in Houses - George W.W. Brewster's
grotto on the Caribbean island of Bequia. Mao's China.
Centrifuge for man at NASA's Ames Research Center in
California for space research. Extraordinarily cute
photo of boy reading comics atop a mailbox stand.
VG - $18
G - $10
F (All G, but
extra tanning. Cover is VG) - $5
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Life Magazine
February 28, 1969 : Cover - Naturalist-poet Anne
Morrow Lindbergh explores harmony between wildlife and
great machines at Cape Kennedy on the eve of Apollo
9 flight (includes photos of Apollo 9 families: Clare
and Russell Schweichart, David and Lurton Scott, and
Jim and Pat McDivitt). Interesting full page color Ford
ad showing car being dipped in anti-rust solution, Red
Paint river. Full page piece about Private Nesrey Sood
and his "crimes." Maxine Cheshire and Betty
Beale cover Washington society. Two page color Fored
Torino ad with GT Sports Roof, 428 Cobra Jet V-8. Spanish
priest Father Vincent Ferrer in India. Fashion - new
spring styles from Paris. Vienna State Opera celebrates
100th birthday. The Mob : Vito Genovese dies in prison,
empire up for grabs. Striking and beautiful full page
color De Beers diamonds ad with photo of a badlands-type
formation. Annual report of the National Refractory
and Brake Company by William Zinsser. Recipes for chili,
tacos.
EXC - $38
G - $16
Life Magazine March
7, 1969 : Cover - Photo of President Richard
Nixon in Berlin. John Bartlow Martin and his sons spend
a couple frigid nights in their one room cabin on Smith
Lake in the Upper peninsula of Michigan, includes anecdotal
information about current logging practices. Full page
color Grand Bahama Island ad, with woman in swimming
suit in water, 700 Bahama Islands. The Dutiful tourist
(interesting concept), President Nixon in Belgium, England,
West Germany. Project Tektite's aquanauts begin a 60-day
mission, sixty days underwater in a habitat on the bottom
of Great Lameshur. Dr. V. D. Mattia, president of drug
manufacturer Hoffmann-La Roche. Italian designer Count
Giorgio di Sant'Angelo, very colorful new fashions.
Israel Prime Minister Levi Eshkol's death complicates
Middle East crisis, includes photo of Mrs. Golda Meir.
Very cute full page color Ford Cortina ad - "Cuter'n
a bug's rear." Robert Evans, Paramount's whiz-kid
studio boss. Half page color Cessna flying lesson ad,
$5 special offer certificate. New photographic process
uses color to make the invisible visible. Funny article
about baseball and legal debates, art by Flora. Miscellany
: funny photo of a rhinoceros that looks like it has
two heads - one at each end.
VG - $20
G - $13
F (All VG, but has some writing in the word LIFE
on the cover) - $7
Life Magazine March
14, 1969 : Cover - LEM (lunar module) superimposed
over Apollo 9 launch, nice feature article on the Lunar
module inside. lovely full page color Chrysler ad with
blue Newport car and mirror effect. Extremely cute full
page color American Gas Association ad with woman dressed
as gas flame, though she looks more like a really charming
alien. This two page color International Paper Company
ad seems a bit politically incorrect now - IP has found
a use for every part of the tree except one (a bird
nest). Two page very gold Ford ad with huge LTD car.
Full page color Nabisco duet crackers ad, for a cracker
that is both sweet and salty. Race for the SST (supersonic
transport), the Concorde supersonic aircraft, Russian
TU-144, Boeing managed to field a photo of a model airplane
for the article. The village of Donglach, Vietnam. Priest
and cook Father Robert F. Capon. Furniture for the space
age from the Italian Bauhaus. Powerful black student
leader Uwezo (impressive Afro) wins concessions at San
Fernando Valley State College, California. Full page
Maytag ad with Mrs. Ted Kobelan of Birmingham, Michigan
and her family. Late author Norman Thomas' legacy. Centerfold
color Chevrolet Camaro (Official Pace Car in the Indianapolis
500) ad. Miscellany : funny photo of Welshman Dai Llewellyn
practicing his gurning - a highly competitive sport
to make the funniest face. The pseudo sailor guy is
back in another full page color Newport cigarettes ad,
watch cap, pea coat, sea bag and skiff up on blocks.
Full page weight loss advertisement featuring JoAnne
Lawrence.
G - $25
F
(All G, but cover faintly soiled) - $8
 Life
Magazine March 21, 1969 : Cover - Woody Allen
in front of a photo of Humphrey Bogart. Book Review
- Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhhouse-Five". Movie Review
- "I Am Curious (Yellow)". Border clash on Manchurian
River between Chinese and Russians. TV snoop Rona Barrett.
Drugs plague kids in Fort Bragg, California, photos
of counselors Jim Gibson and Ed Lasher. Seal hunt in
Canada causes an uproar. Theater - Woody Allen's new
play, "Play It Again, Sam". US foreign policy after
the Vietnam War. Ideas in Houses - Charles Hosford's
Maine woods house with ladders and level changes. Mother
Waddles fights poverty in Detroit, photo of Father Thomas
Ruffin. Seal hunt in Canada.
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28, 1969 : Cover - Vanishing wildlife : the threatened
orangutan. Three page color fold-out Polaroid camera
ad, shows accessories, film, more. Full page Exquisite
Form underwear ad with two naked ladies demonstrating
the variety in female form, plus six more pages of actual
underwear. Two page color Revlon make-up ad with Acapulco
Pink and Tijuana Bronze. Apollo 9 album, astronauts,
space mission, lots of photos in space, plus families
greeting returning men. Editorial on reducing numbers
of American troops in Vietnam - "Bringing home
50,000 troops is still a good idea." Movies - Arlo
Guthrie's famous song, "Alice's Restaurant", becomes
a film, includes photo of Alice Brock with Arlo Guthrie,
photo of guys riding their motorcycles into a church
(no longer a church), Ray Brock and other members of
motorcycle club. A mini-war in the Lessor Antilles,
British "Red Devil" regiment, island Anguilla.
Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos, includes many
photos, one of sons on mini-bikes. Northern Bolivar
County Farm Cooperative helps fights poverty in Mound
Bayou of the Mississippi Delta, includes photos of John
Brown, Mrs. Ada Moore, Mrs. L.C. Dorsey, Mrs. Elizabeth
Parkman, others. Charming photo of line of photographers
waiting for Raquel Welch.
VG - $20
G - $13
F (All VG, framable cover, but has water touched
corner tip) - $5
F (All G, but cover loosening on staples) - $5
Life Magazine April
4, 1969 : Cover - sex in art - Sex in the lively
arts - how far is far enough?, mentions the film "I
am Curious (Yellow)". Neat full page color Volkswagen
van ad with Petrucelli's Pizzeria baseball team. Need
for tax reform. Two page color Chevy Chevelle ad with
red car with black top, Garnet Red SS 396 sport. Two
page American Airlines with a full page color photo
of James Morgan, mechanic. Full page AT&T ad featuring
Dean Dixon, conductor. Caricaturist Gerald Scarfe, he
does sculpture in Papier-mache. 34th President - Eisenhower,
1890-1969. Ruckus in Irasburg, Vermont, Reverend David
Lee Johnson.. Full page color Frigidaire water, with
Mrs. Camp of the Glenmore Farm in Virginia. Boston's
"Tony C" can see to hit again, Tony Conigliaro,
baseball. Movie : Oliver!
G - $13
Life Magazine
April 11, 1969 : Cover - Dwight David Eisenhower
lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda (feature article
inside). Full page Die Hard battery ad with tow truck
and driver. Two page color General Electric ad with
kitchen in red, yellow and wood tones. Full page Tone-O-Matic
ad with weight loss with Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
Quite a number of letters to the editor pertaining to
the Baby seal hunt described in the LIFE March 21, 1969
issue. Russian world chess champion Tigran Petrosian.
Neat two page color Ford ad with a red Mustang Mach
I car. Education - children want classrooms alive with
chaos. Two page color Nabisco crackers ad with cheese
whiz (snack mate) decorations. Children tell architect
Walter Hill what makes a good school, includes photos
of Nigel Horwood, more. Two page color Sears ad with
Arnold Palmer and golfing theme. Fashion - Ciré
fabrics, shiny coating. Photos from the icebound Sino-Soviet
battle zone. Ford Motor Company Executive Vice President
Lee Iacocca. Comedian Bill Cosby. Ideas in Houses -
Garnet and Peter Palmer's indoor-outdoor fieldstone
country home in the Pennsylvania farmlands. Czech -
Russian trouble starts with a hockey game.
VG - $19
G - $10
Life Magazine
April 18, 1969 : Fold-out Cover
- Mae West going strong at 75. Wow - three page fold-out
color Ford Maverick car ad with sunset cowboy theme,
looks like a Marlboro ad. Excellent full page color
Arrow shirts ad with tie that matches shirt - looks
good! Full page piece about Newt Ogilvy, acquired by
Chaosco. Another cute full page Buick Opel Kadett ad
with the car and two elephants going through tool booth
on highway, the Mini Brute. Full page color McDonald's
ad with the introduction of the Big Mac. Full page color
John Deere riding lawn mower ad with golf theme. Hijackers
to Cuba - air piracy and the psychology behind it, includes
photos of Stewardess Margaret Bolton, Pilot Jack Moore,
James Hord, Donna Goldinher, Barbara Wardle, Robert
D. Smith, Joseph Blank, others - this seems to be the
start of metal detector systems for detecting guns,
includes second story about highjacking in Cartagena,
Colombia. Very nice full page Raleigh bicycle ad with
three different bikes, Chopper, Grand Prix, and Sports.
More on the Czechs and the Russians. Gruesome two page
photo of a dead whale, possibly killed by oil leak offshore
San Francisco. Author John Cheever. Elegant savagery
of Lacrosse (game), Army - Navy game, others. A great
piece on Mae West, with photos. Jockey-inspired fashions,
includes jockey Barbara Jo Rubin. How things are in
Podunk Center, Iowa.
G - $13
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Life Magazine
April 25, 1969 : Cover - Confrontation in Harvard
Yard, campus strike, student unrest, this article includes
an excellent color photo of crewing (boating). Full
page Volkswagen ad with car made of clay. Neat full
page color American Gas Association ad with very dated
looking housewife cooking at stove with two ovens. Full
page color United airlines ad with pilot, chef, mechanic
and three women in different United uniforms, probably
stewardesses. Full page Skil tools ad with storage wall
built by and photo of Vito DeCarlo. Full page color
ad for travel to Manitoba, featuring golf. General Creighton
Abrams, and Vietnam, includes nice photo of helicopter.
Rather cute full page ad for the Scripto Graffiti pen.
Full page weight loss ad with Jean Hunter. Excellent
full page color Premium saltine crackers ad with little
boy eating a PB&J cracker sandwich. Full page Maytag
ad with Mrs. Barbara Zofrea of Whittier, California
and her family. Television - requiem for "Peyton Place".
Floods threaten Midwest river towns, includes photo
of Debbie Hestbeck and Pam Ohnstad of Argusville (North
Dakota), LaCrosse (Wisconsin), Minneapolis, Chaska (Minnesota),
Jackson (Minnesota), . Movie - "Viva Max!", photo of
Mrs. William Scarborough. Investigation of mysterious
death of Arctic explorer Charles F. Hall in 1871, includes
photo of Dartmouth English professor Chauncey Loomis
and Dr. Franklin Paddock. New kind of sculpture : "earthworks"
or "dirt art", includes Mike Heizer's work in the Black
Rock Desert of Nevada. Miscellany : funny photo of a
girl looking at a clothesline with a blouse, bra, and
underwear blown upright in a strong wind.
VG - $20
G - $13
 Life
Magazine May 2, 1969 : Cover
- Singer Judy Collins - gentle voice amid the strife.
Editor's note on the tragic fire that burned the Norman
Fontenelle home (Springfield Gardens, Queens) - see
LIFE March 8, 1968. Two page Montgomery Ward ad with
various kinds of camping gear including boat and tent
camper. Scandal overtakes the Governor James Rhodes
of Ohio when he commutes the sentence of mobster Thomas
(Yonnie) Licavoli, plus other scandal items and slush
fund. Cornell - guns on campus, Afro-American Society.
Harsh verdict on courtroom psychiatry. First 100 days
of Spiro Agnew. Very cool two page photo of the new
machine called CAM, Cybernetic Anthropomorphous Machine
- a kind of manned robot, inventor Ralph S. Mosher.
Two page color Ford Maverick car ad with some tough
looking cowboy types in front of L.B. Simons Assayer
office. Summer House - farm - Loengard family in Maine,
nice photo essay. Miss Bernadette Devlin of Northern
Ireland triumphs in Parliament.Full page Maytag ad with
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Grise of Stanchfield, Minnesota, their
wedding photo in 1956 and their HUGE family today, seven
kids - geez! Great Dinner recipes includes pasta and
seafood in creme sauce. Zoologist Bernhard Grzimek and
his experiment with the confrontations between real
animals and inflated dummies of same species. OK, here
is an old ad, Smirnoff full page color with aviator
theme including some strange one person helicopter things.
VG - $20
G - $11
F (All G, but one corner
tip marked) - $5
P (some noticeably foxed
pages and detached cover) - $5
Life Magazine
May 9, 1969 : Cover - Peter
Falk, Ben Gazzara and John Cassavetes make a movie "Husbands
on the run." Full page color Parliament cigarettes
ad, I don't remember having seen any of these earlier.
Full page color Royal electric typewriter ad. Full page
Elmer's Glue ad with absolutely great photo of leaning
house. A great bunch of letters to the editor pertaining
to the Mae West feature in LIFE April 18, 1969. Also
an interesting bunch of letters pertaining to the highjacking
story. A new charge - Justice Abe Fortas and the $20,000
check scandal, Louis Wolfson, Elkin "Buddy"
Gerbert. De Gaulle is rejected by his people, loses
election. Dissent and discipline in the thinking man's
army, a nice editorial. Nixons go house-hunting in Southern
California. Semiprecious discovery in Tansania, East
Africa starts a rush for jewel called Tanzanite, includes
Manuel d'Souza, John Saul, Michael Papanicholau, Alli
Juyawatu, Campbell Bridges, Norman Matthews. The Maigret
author Georges Simenon. In student rebellion turmoil
at Swarthmore - president Courtney Smith dies of a heart
attack. Ideas in Houses - Louis and Maria Sepe's home
in Philadelphia. Full page color Honda motorcycle ad
for the Mini Trail. Full page color American Tourister
luggage ad with Mrs. J. Chris Swift of Columbia, South
Carolina as a bad woman driver. Duke Ellington is invited
to the White House for his 70th birthday, Edward Kennedy
Ellington, jazz composer - Nixon was a fan. Full page
color Fresca and Smirnoff Vodka ad with St. Bernard
dog and Johnny Carson, looking very James Bond.
G - $10
Life Magazine
May 16, 1969 : Cover - Collision
course in High Schools (students vs. faculty vs. parents).
Subjects such as "How much should students decide
policy?", "Would more blacks be harmful to
your school?", more, includes many photos, statistics
more from the Cincinnati's Woodward High School, also
Bronx High School of Science, Florida's Nova school,
Philadelphia's Parkway program - this is a huge piece.
Full page Army ad - When we teach a skill, the career
comes with it. Full page color Lark cigarettes ad with
tailor and neat old sewing machine. Full page color
Braniff airlines ad with little girl and letter she
wrote, Jody Ann Levine. Mission on the moon - Apollo
10, Astronauts Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young
and families. Also a photo of Apollo 11 astronauts Mike
Collins, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and families. Exile
of Connie Hawkins, basketball superstar, banned by the
National Basketball Association for fixing - a long
article with lots of photos. Full page color Dr. Scholl's
ad with barefoot beach scene. Swimsuits to stand out
in any crowd - fashion, photos include Fort Lauderdale
beach, red van with "New Haven College", The
Jail hangout. Movie - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid. Neat full page color Eastern airlines ad with lots
of different stewardesses.
G - $10
Life Magazine
May 23, 1969 : Cover - Dan Rowan
and Dick Martin - From Laugh-In to Scare-in ... horror
movie career for them. Two page color Polaroid camera
ad with six different cameras. Two page color Sears
ad with lots of different camping gear. Full page Ayds
weight loss ad with Mary Marcinko Kane - I'd probably
never be married now if I hadn't lost 49 pounds. Full
page color Dewar's White Label whisky ad with every
item of traditional Scots wear labeled and described.
Funny two page color Braniff airlines ad with orange
plane and Diane Crump, first lady jockey. Full page
Gasgrill by Arkla ad with art by Al Bates. Weird two
page color General Telephone & Electronics ad with
a warning to people who make obscene phone calls. Dilemma
of Military dissent - servicemen protest against Vietnam
war, Allen Myers, includes controversial cartoons, writing
on the war, more, photos of Roger Priest, Do Hill, Shelter
Half coffeehouse, Robert Mall, Robert Bower, Ken Willis,
Tom Doyle, more. More on the Justice Fortas affair -
see LIFE May 9, 1969. Charles Evers, brother of assassinated
Medgar Evers, is elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi.
Catholic church devalues some 200 saints, including
St. Valentine, St. Nicholas, St. Patrick, St. Christopher.
Race car driver Sam Posey, includes amazing flaming
car crash photo. Jim Brown psych artist. A humorous
piece by Peter Benchley about being a Presidential speech writer,
art by James Flora. Close-up of Jim Brown, football
player, playing basketball at home. Full page Blue Shield
insurance ad about talking to your kid about drugs.
Odeillo solar collector in France and others. TNC -
Trans National Communications and the pro sports players
who are officers. Cute golfing photo showing player
with lots of English.
VG - $20
G - $10
F (generally G, but
has bumped corner) - $5
Life Magazine
May 30, 1969 : Fold-out Cover
- Ambulance with patient heading for Los Angeles hospital
- our deadliest highways, scary photos of traffic problems,
big article includes "More Americans will die in
traffic accidents this year than have died in the entire
Vietnam war." . Full page color movie poster ad
for "Sweet Charity" with Shirley MacLaine,
Richardo Montalban, Sammy Davis, Jr., and others. Full
page color ad for travel to Germany, Oktoberfest in
Munich. Cool too page Volkswagen ad showing all the
men who inspect one Volkswagen (where are the women,
guys?). Half page color Cessna ad with $5 coupon for
a flying lesson, plane # N3670J. Full page color Chevrolet
ad with Kingswood Estate stationwagon with step on rear
bumper. Nice full page Utica Mutual Insurance company
ad with fireman theme - the man who came to breakfast.
The mob - eavesdropped conversations, Felix Alderisio,
Momo Giancana, Lou Brady, John Cerone. Selection of
new Chief Justice about Fortas. Students at the University
of California at Berkeley protest the ousting of hippies
from the "People's Park" and the National
guard is called in. Visions of the Lunar Voyage - Via
its color TV camera, 80 million earthlings watched the
world shrink. Chadron, Nebraska tries to deal with adult
films, includes photos of Mrs. Robert Tice, Mrs. Charles
Ryan, Ted Jastorff, Lyle Fernau, Rudy Dvorak, others.
After tragedy, a new age of flying Wallendas, trapeze
artists. Houston fashions, Mrs. Oscar Wyatt, Mrs. Wellborn,
all models named. Author Norman Mailer and his idea
to make New York City the 51st state. Alright! - photo
of toddler confined in large overturned mesh garbage
"can" while mother works next to him.
G - $11
NOTE
: In a few cases from 1963 on, some content varies by
the distribution region, Eastern vs. Western half of
the USA.
The difference is typically just a few ads, but may
apply to a short piece on the back of an ad page.
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Magazine June 6, 1969 : Cover - Photo of Apollo
10 flying over the moon. Photos of the moon by Apollo
10 astronauts, photos of astronauts Cernan, Young, and
Stafford; wives Faye Stafford, Barbara Young, and Barbara
Cernan, more. Full page memo on coverage of Muckraking
in LIFE. Two page color Sears ad with Arnold Palmer
and golf theme. Cute full page Hanes underwear ad with
man having a t-shirt painted on, the way they are supposed
to fit. Neat full page color Max Factor Ultralucent
nail polish ad, Frosted Pearlings. Full page color Chevrolet
pickup trucks ad. Full page color Sungard ad, a sunscreen
lotion ad. Many, many letters to the editors pertaining
to the High School article in LIFE may 16, 1969. Two
page color Hotpoint appliances ad with woman in the
most astounding outfit - yikes. Ballet dancer Edward
Villella, includes lovely page and a half photo of him
in a leap, more, this is a large feature. Stockmarket
millionaire 23-year-old Leeam Lowin, includes SSDS -
Solid State Data Sciences. Pretty full page color Tampax
ad with women in white on the beach. Scientists study
storms with an electronic rainmaker, photos of Dr. Ven
Te Chow. Queen's steeplechase jockey-turned-author Dick
Francis. Recipe for Red Snapper fish with sauce and
garnish. Scientist-adventurer-author Thor Heyerdahl's
new boat, "Ra".
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Life Magazine
June 13, 1969 : Cover - The Life poll : science,
sex, and morality, includes photos of Eugene Heller,
Marie Whitt, William Banks, Raul Estrada, Patricia Gittings,
Marjorie Foster - This is a whole special section consisting
of "The second genesis by Albert Rosenfeld"
and "The LIFE poll by Louis Harris.". Two
page Whirlpool refrigerator ad with icemaker, cartoon
art by Mort Drucker. Movie Review of Any Warhols movie
"Lonesome Cowboys" - a negative review. Full
page color Windproof Zippo lighter ad. Oil well leak
off Santa Barbara, California kills wildlife - this
spill happened January 28, 1969 and is still in the
news, see related articles earlier this year Another
article about "People's Park" in Berkeley,
flower power, National Guard is pulled out. Russian
cosmonauts and US astronauts meet in Paris. Two page
Firestone tires ad with Indianapolis 500 and race car
driver Mario Andretti. Beatle Ringo Starr co-stars with
Peter Sellers in movie, "The Magic Christian" - holy
cow, check out Raquel Welch in that costume! Fashion
designer Bill Blass. Vanishing Wildlife - condor. Theater
- off Broadway hit, "Curley McDimple", includes photos
of Robyn Morgan, Kathy Rich, Sunny Leigh, and Janina
Matthews. Full page Maytag ad with Mrs. Beth Reszel
of Milan, Tennessee and her family. Another ad with
Mario Andretti, full page Autolite spark plugs. Miscellany
: funny photo of a man who, during a race, has knocked
down every hurdle - he probably didn't think it was
funny..
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Life Magazine
June 20, 1969 : Cover - Joe
Namath, football. Behind the Namath affair - a question
of the bad company he keeps, Bachelors III nightclub.
Cute half page Breck shampoo ad with humorous mountain
climbing scene, Dan Strodl, Matterhorn. The Class of
1969, campus turbulence, Vietnam, racism, adult hypocrisy,
more rebellious subjects, photos (and statements) include
Justin D. Simon, Brandeis University, Stephanie Mills,
Hillary Rodham (yes, Clinton), Ira Magaziner, William
M. Thompson, Robert Goheen, Daniel P. Moynihan, Spiro
T. Agnew. Red summit in the palace of the czars. Our
happy moon journey - Apollo 10 crew describes how it
was, Tom Stafford, John Young, Gene Cernan - nice articles.
Actress Ali MacGraw. Patrolman and partner on police
patrol in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, names changed.
Full page STP oil ad with race car driver Andy Granatelli
and the Indianapolis 500. Poet Mark Van Doren. Ideas
in Houses - Herbert Rothenberg family in Denver. Cute
photo of martial arts instructor lifting a very little
student up by the front of his gi - sounds nasty, but
isn't.
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Life Magazine
June 27, 1969 : Cover - Face of William C. Gearing
Jr. of Greece, New York ... faces of the American Dead
in Vietnam, one week's toll. 242 servicemen killed between
May 28 and June 3, each with a named photo, age, rank,
hometown - includes Garey L. Grubbs of Denver Colorado,
Kenneth M. Deward of Greeley Colorado, Jan Rauschkolb
of Denver Colorado, many, many others - this is a mesmerizing
piece. Editor's note announcing the formal retirement
of photographer Margaret Bourke-White - he says you
can never retire from a family. Wow - hard to believe
this is a De Beers diamond ad, full page color psychedelic
art by Jacqui Morgan. Rather humorous full page color
Ronrico rum ad. Another cute full page American Gas
Association ad with the alien woman dressed as a gas
flame. Ascent of Prince Charles, him as a young man,
playing polo, climbing Mt. Snowdon, riding in a go-cart
with his little brother Edward, more. Art - In super
realism - it is hard to tell a painting from a photograph,
Malcolm Morley. Playboy Michael Butler - man who gave
us the musical "Hair." Full page color Chevrolet
ad with blue Chevelle SS 396 Sport Coupe. Auto's gilded
age, unusual photos of old cars in mint condition. Basketball
player Connie Hawkins is exonerated in the betting scandal.
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Life Magazine
July 4, 1969 : Cover - Neil
Armstrong and the moon. Special issue - off to the moon.
First man to walk there, and the crew that will make
history, Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin.
Lunar grip on the tides, this story discusses how the
moon affects water levels, tidal creatures, and more,
includes many art photos including abbey Mont-Saint-Michel.
Barry Farrell gives his impression of Billy Graham,
the American Rasputin. Full page El Producto Altas tall
cigars ad, with interesting angle. Cute full page GMAC
Financing ad for buying a car with a photo of a little
boy in the back seat with all his pets (cat, dog, gerbil,
parrot, rabbit) en route to Grandma's house. Interesting
full page United Fund of Greater New York ad, lays out
reasons to donate and how money will be used for unemployables
and such. Two page color American Airlines ad featuring
mechanic Chico Martinez. State Farm insurance ad with
curious statement - "A wounded soldier in Viet
Nam has a better chance of survival than a car crash
victim in America. So long to old moon-related lore
such as Green Cheese. A message from Charles Lindbergh.
Lunar laboratory in Houston.
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Life Magazine
July 11, 1969 : Cover - Dusty and the Duke :
a choice of heroes, Dustin Hoffman vs. John Wayne (feature
inside) . Attractive two page color Nabisco ad with
hands holding handfuls of different kinds of crackers
and snacks. Curious full page American Express ad with
old money being burned. Movie Review - "Easy Rider".
Fear of crime turns Baltimore city nights into prisons,
includes photos of Mrs. Judy Brookhouser, Mr. Cupid
cleaners, Sagel's Market, Lawrence Puccia and wife,
Mrs. Barbara Ringgold, more. Obituary - Judy Garland,
photos, and unusual elegy patterned after "The
Death and Burial of Cock Robin." The American Medical
Association blocks Dr. John H. Knowles' nomination as
Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs.
Two half-page color Coca-Cola with sultry lady on beach
in white swim suit. Ancient Chinese dog breed, the Shih
Tzu. Part 1 of Theodore H. White's intimate portrait
of President Nixon, the first two of his articles from
"The Making of the President 1968." Recipes
includes Key Lime Pie, Sardines in Dill Sauce, Roast
Beef Teriyaki. Very humorous boxing photo of two young
men.
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Life Magazine July
18, 1969 : Cover - the youth communes, a group
of hippy-looking families. Article on communes has the
famous photo of the grubby family with blond children
in a teepee (Ron, Nancy and daughters), and others,
the location of the commune is not listed because they
didn't want it revealed, but the Sugar Pine cones hanging
in one building might imply the west coast, Buddhist
group, Sandoz and Twig, more. Science - Apollo 11's
planned flight to land men on the moon. Decalcomania
over the American flag, includes photos of Anthony Robinson,
Stanley Milosky, LeRoy Roll, William Murphy, Mrs. Anna
Lassman, Joseph Faso, Phyllis Newton, many flag decals.
Island City of Venice and its art treasures imperiled
by floods, fumes, and factories, photos show damages,
Plaza San Marco under water. Kenya's assassinated leader
Tom Mboya. Part 2 of Theodore H. White's intimate portrait
of President Nixon, the making of the President 1968.
Vanishing Wildlife - giant sea turtle. Books - Dr. Laurence
J. Peter's book, "The Peter Principle - Why Things Always
Go Wrong". Full page Ayds weight loss ad with Wannette
Davis. Full page photo of big motorcycle cop kneeling
down to talk to driver in little car, license plate
ZDJ 360 California.
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Life Magazine July
25, 1969 : Cover - Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong
sets out for the launch pad, includes photos of former
President Johnson and Lady Bird with Vice President
Agnew watching launch; wife Pat Collins; wife Joan Aldrin,
parents Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Armstrong, wife Jan Armstrong,
Armstrong sons Mark and Ricky, camper and tent village
on beach to watch launch. Full page color Max Factor
Hair conditioner ad with four different colors, two
of them improbable - purple and green. Interesting's
Editor's note that is a compilation of all the covers
in the last ten years pertaining to space. Movie Review
- "The Wild Bunch". Book Review - "The Underachieving
School" by John Holt. Noted humorist Russell Baker comments
on our times. Fashion - Greece, with one of the most
striking fashion photos ever, Marta rising from the
sea at Mykonos. Civil Rights lawyer William Kunstler.
Kurt Vonnegut writes about the Cape Cod murder of four
women, Patricia Walsh, Mary Ann Wysocki, Susan Perry,
Sydney Monzon. Movie - "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
starring Jane Fonda, Susannah York, Red Buttons, and
newcomer Michael Sarrazin. New electronic monitor helps
doctors "watch" the unborn in the womb, includes photos
of Mrs. Cathleen Burke; Dr. Edward H. Hon.
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Life Magazine
August 1, 1969 : Cover - Ted
Kennedy last May in Hyannis Port. The fateful turn for
Ted Kennedy - grave questions about his midnight car
accident, Mary Jo Kopechne, Dyke Bridge, Chappaquiddick,
likely a case of drunk driving, scuba diver John Farrar.
The column on the Presidency, written by Hugh Sidey,
contains a cute cartoon of Nixon on a flying carpet
with an airplane tail labeled "Air Force 1",
art by Lurie. Interesting and austere photos of Japanese
Falconer in the winter, by T. Tanuma. Five page ad for
Montgomery Ward showing lots of different clothing and
a Hot Rod High Rise bike, $79.99. Full page Maytag ad
with Sister Charity Marie. Watching it all at home -
the astronauts' families coaxed them on, absolutely
wonderful candid photos of the families seeing their
guys land on the moon. Threatened America - pollution,
trash, smog, sprawl, noise and ugliness, article pairs
photos of pristine sections and damaged sections of
same place. Sophia Loren's new baby gets a part in his
parents' latest film. In a black market, Vietnamese
and American's do flourishing business. Ideas in Houses
- Mrs. Caroline Paine's home in New Orleans. The panic
caused by television censorship, illustrated by cartoonist
M. Ramus, - "A bra and pants is not adequate costuming."
Full page ad featuring the Apollo space hardware collection,
with drawings of H.G. Wells Selenites (moon monsters).
Full page IBM ad with astronaut stepping onto moon.
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Life Magazine
August 8, 1969 : Cover - On the moon : Apollo
11 photo of the American flag and footprints, includes
photos of astronauts Commander Armstrong and Aldrin
walking on the moon. Cute full page First National City
Travelers Checks ad with bride and groom (Mr. Wonderful)
meeting with grimy mechanic for repair of the Just Married
car. Photos taken by Niklas Deak, who heated and painted
the transparencies, so the resultant prints look like
the results of atomic warfare in familiar settings,
such as the Golden GAte bridge. Music Review - Newport
Jazz Festival. Spanish dictator Francisco Franco appoints
Prince Juan Carlos his successor. The Watergate cooperative
apartment complex, includes photos of Linda Fox, Emil
and Patricia Mosbacher Jr, John and Martha Mitchell,
Nancy Lammerding, others. Psychiatry experiment with
"crisis intervention" on New York's lower East Side,
includes photos of : Dr. Emery Hetrick with various
patients. Occultist Rosemary Brown. A GI's long last
month in Vietnam, includes photos of Sgt. John Cameron.
Prospective brides for the Prince Charles, named photos,
short descriptions. Includes recipes for Summer soup,
Chicken in Aspic, Baked stuffed peaches, more.
G - $25
Life Magazine
August 10, 1969 : 1969 Moon Special Edition -
To the moon and back. This was a newstand-ony issue
and doesn't have any ads. The men of Apollo 11, Neil
Armstrong - he could fly before he could drive. Buzz
Aldrin - the best scientific mind in space. Mike Collins
- An engineer who does not love machines. A calendar
to space flight - 1961 - 1969. Unlocking the ancient
mysteries of the moon. Neat photos of men on the moon,
footprints, and such. The Eagle has landed. Photo features
of the astronauts with their families, as children.
People watching the take-off. What the moon samples
might tell us. A fiery sideshow as Apollo comes home.
This issue is a wonderful time capsule of the enthusiasm
we once had for space exploration.
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Life Magazine August
15, 1969 : Cover - High taxes and high prices.
Full page Sears ad for the Screamer bicycle with a frame
like a drag racing car (has banana seat, high handlebars).
Bruce Davidson's wonderful black and white photos from
Spanish Harlem. Yummy looking full page color Puerto
Rican rum ad with Orange Daiguiri and recipe. Neat half
page color ad for Quinlan Pretzel Bids, shaped like
the four suits of cards. Two page AT&T ad with very
nice photo of John Copeland, Kumar Patel, Robert Lucky,
and Martin Lepselter. From Denmark and Sweden - experiments
in marriage, includes photos of Ole Nielsen, Karin Laursen,
Karsten Tuft, Vibeke Herskind, Grete Petersen, Jørn
Hjuler, Jeppe Vilhelmsen, Brita Jørgensen and
others - group marriage, Inge-Lise Bruun - child care
in quantity, Denmark, Ulle and Rune Liljekvist - house
husband and others.. Taxes and inflation, statistics,
includes photos of Mrs. Dorothy Reynolds, Robert Fosberg,
Mrs. Gina Caridi, Levi McKissack, Frank Mrak, Mary Pat
and Susan, and son Fran. President Nixon in Romania.
Two page color Alcoa Aluminum ad with truly psychedelic
art by Kim Whitesides. Destruction of Thor Heyerdahl's
"Ra". Ecological planner Ian McHarg. San Francisco State
College English professor Jesse P. Ritter Jr.'s nightmare
after being wrongly caught in a Berkeley mass arrest,
police brutality, poor conditions in jail. Movie - "Satyricon".
Photos of Toko the bear playing basketball.
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Life Magazine August
22, 1969 : Cover - the young New York look (fashion
feature inside - very hippy-looking clothes). Full page
Mutual of New York Life Insurance ad MONY with cartoon
art by Willard Mullin. Nice full page Manpower ad with
Rose Schuman, nice story, great photo - finding a job
after being a housewife for 25 years. Neat two page
General Telephone & Electronics ad with one page
that is an artistic color photo featuring a flash cube
and the other page text about flops and successes, the
Wam-o-Scope, the Stacked tube, the Omegatron, the Sylvania
Flashcube. Our trip to the moon : Apollo 11 astronauts
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins write
their own stories. Full page Maytag ad with Mrs. Beth
Reszel of Milan, Tennessee and her family. Here's a
different ad - full page NATO ad for Waging Peace. Barry
Farrell writes a neat column about the Marijuana famine.
Baseball's bad boy Rich Allen. William Zinsser gives
his opinions on the US government's use of war methods
in the US, nerve gas (killed sheep), mace, tear gas,
tanks, more. The muslim leader Aga Khan and his home
in Costa Smeralda, Emerald Coast, Sardinia. Full page
Sports Illustrated ad with football player Boyd Dowler.
Ex-model Caroline Coon. Les Levine's disposable art,
including walk-through plastic bubbles. Books - Bill
Bruns writes the naked truth about the great American
novel hoax. Charming photo of a young boy drinking out
of a sieve.
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Life Magazine
August 29, 1969 : Cover - Norman
Mailer. A major report (very wordy, very long) on the
moon venture, part 1, by Norman Mailer. Full page State
Farm Mutual insurance ad pertaining to drunk drivers
with statistics. Roland Michaud and his artistic photos
of Afghanistan and India, camel market, more. The Woodstock
Rock Festival - lots of great photos! Old smut
peddler Barney Rosset of Grove Press, brings his skills
at beating the censors to the movies, "His new
four letter word is FILM." Pregnant Sharon Tate,
Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Voityck Frokowski, Jay
Sebring - Roman Polanski came home to find the murders.
In full, the book "Stevie" written by John
Steptoe, a book about a ghetto boy who got stuck babysitting,
nice color illustrations, a pre-publishing presentation.
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September 5, 1969 : Cover -
Peter Max, portrait of the artist as a very rich man
(feature on his psychedelic art inside). Four page color
fold-out Zenith TV ad with the new Chromacolor television.
Barry Farrell's column is his take on the Woodstock
festival, he attended it. Full page color Toyota Mark
II ad with attractive yellow, two-door compact car.
President Nixon's west coast home, hacienda - a piece
comparing (briefly) how presidents get away from it
all and featuring the Nixon home with lots of photos,
including Nixon playing golf. Lobbyist Roy Cohn and
his deals, "Champion of Chutzpah." Editorial
on Nixon drug law with cartoon illustration by Lurie.
Japanese mixed-blood children (GI babies) grow up as
outcasts in their own country, includes photos of Michi
Aoyama, Sayoko Yoshida, Kathleen Conway, Katy Usami,
glue sniffer Danny, drug addict Judy. Czechs and the
one-year anniversary of the 1968 Soviet invasion, tanks
in Wenceslas square. Henry Kissinger gives advice on
foreign policy - oh my gosh does he look young!, includes
photo with Nixon and aides John Ehrlichman and Bob Haldeman.
Half page Raleigh bicycle ad with three different kinds
of bikes. Last chance to save the Everglades, the article
is written by the novelist John D. MacDonald, a non-fiction
piece illustrated with photos by John Loengard. Cool
full page Fiat ad with 124 Spider car done as a draftsman-type
drawing, $3240.
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Life Magazine
September 12, 1969 : Cover - Coretta King's moving
account of life with martyred Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr, part 1 of 2 extracts from her new book. Full page
Whirlpool ad with Dorothy Trilling. Full page Mutual
of New York Life Insurance ad MONY with cartoon art
by Willard Mullin. Now it's Sony's turn to reinvent
the color television, Trinitron Color TV, two page ad.
A wonderful pair of photos by Stephanie Dinks of an
elderly couple in North Carolina, looks very much like
the famous painting "American Gothic." Review
- "The Trial of Dr. Spock" - apparently he was charged
of conspiracy, found guilty, then acquitted. Two page
color Hotpoint appliances ad with blond housewife who
is just too perky and clean. Full page NATO ad for Waging
Peace. Controversy over peaceful uses of nuclear energy,
includes photos of Mrs. Dana Levy, John Parker, Walter
Tingle, Mrs. Richard Westphal, Glenn Seaborg and others.
Photo of boxer Rocky Marciano who just died in a plane
crash. Ho Chi Minh dies. Richard Leakey searches Kenya
for the earliest man, neat expedition photos, paleontology.
Books - Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s popularity on college
campus. Derelict churches take on secular duties, three
are homes, one is a disco named the Sanctuary Club,
one is the Market Place Restaurant, one is an art studio,
one is a supermarket. Tennis pro Pancho Gonzales. Cool
two page color Braniff airlines ad featuring surfer.
Centerfold color Breck Shampoo ad featuring TV's "Laugh-In"
hosts Rowan and Martin. Here is a truly curious ad,
two page color Beautyrest mattress ad showing the bed
as a King size during the day and split into two (separated)Twin
beds at night for the married couple - yup, that's happening.
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Life Magazine September
19, 1969 : Cover - Debate over sex education
for little children, includes Cedarburg, Wisconsin.
Four page color fold-out ad for foods sponsored by the
National Football League, a random assortment of regular
foods. Interesting editors' note on Melvin Maddocks
and his interest in motorcycles, includes photo. Three
huge double page Chevrolet ads in color, black Monte
Carlo, gold 1970 Caprice, red 1970 Chevelle SS 396.
Curious full page Arrow Vodka ad for pouring vodka on
a grapefruit half. How South Carolina's Senator Strom
Thurmond succeeds in real estate, this is a scandal
piece. Paper money made into art. John Cogley recalls
former colleague Bishop Pike. Veteran combat photographer
Larry Burrows reports on the South Vietnamese mood after
years of war, includes the famous photo of the woman
wailing over her husband's remains, and a neat photo
of lots of motorcycles in a parking lot, people making
homes out of unused sewer pipes, American troops ambushed
near Dakto, more. How Billy Martin manages the Minnesota
Twins, baseball. Coretta King's moving account of life
with martyred Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, part 2 of 2
extracts from her new book. Engineers test architectural
stress with a cathedral made of plastic, flying buttresses.
Vanishing Wildlife - the rare red monkey of Zanzibar.
Education - girl students enter Princeton, includes
photos of June Fletcher, Beth Rom (back), Marcia Boraas,
Elaine Chan, Silvia Morris, Beverly Cayford, John Sease,
more. Centerfold color Oldsmobile ad with 1970 Olds
Cutlass Supreme. Full page color Lufthansa airlines
ad for travel to Germany, photo is Reit Im Winkl, Bavaria,
with skiers at sign pointing to chair lift. Lots more
two page color car ads - this is THE issue for 1970
car ads.
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Life Magazine
September 26, 1969 : Cover -
Jerry Koosman fires a fastball (Mets), fold-out cover
has two separate baseball photos. New York Mets baseball
in the Stretch. Three page color fold-out Ford ad with
gold 1970 Torino car, plus four more color pages of
other Torino models. Violent looking photos of rugby
taken by Aussie Whiting. Astrology for devotees and
doubters, the art in this piece reminds me of Brock
Oyler's work. Neat full page color Huffy bicycle ad
for the Slingshot bike with brakes and gears via levers
similar to a stick shift car. Full page Equitable Life
Assurance company with photo of Tommy Glynn in jungle
gym. Many more big color car ads for 1970 models. Lana
Turner, back to work in stormy new TV series - The Survivors,
photos include seventh husband Ronald Dante with his
motorcycle. Race crisis in the marine corps, Edward
Bankston is beaten and dies, Hurtis Coleman (commenting
on the Camp Lejeune problem) has a cross burned on his
yard. "Baby Ruthie" White - fencing finds
a female phenomena, coach Steve Bujnovsky. Those mad
mod weddings. Two 2-page spread ads for Ford Torino.
U.S.S. Manhattan breaks through the northwest passage
- lured by Alaskan oil, includes neat photo of icebreaker
in action. Narwhal captured and now living in Coney
Island. Full page color Honda motorcycle ad for the
Mini trail bike, with full-sized man riding it. Hippy,
Flower-child, Free-form weddings, including Elaine Hamilton
and Francisco Sainz, George Gorner and Pamela Klein,
Harvey Taylor Jr and Patty Welch, Laverne Thorpe and
David Banks. Obstinacy of Bill Schanen, a newspaper
publisher in Port Washington on Lake Michigan, Ozaukee
Country Press and Kaleidoscope, and underground newspaper.
Cute photo of tiny golfer Patty Anne Flattery.
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Life Magazine
October 3, 1969 : Fold-out Cover - Two arts,
two visions : the grace of ballet, the tumult of Hendrix.
Five page double fold-out color Mercury car ads. Nice
two page color American Motors ad with green four door
Hornet SST. Big long follow-up letter from Strom Thurmond
in rebuttal to the article in LIFE September 19, 1969.
Movie Review - "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice".
Undeclared war at Suez between Israelis and Arabs, interview
with Israeli Premier Golda Meir, photos of tunnels,
bunkers, soldiers, more. Joe Namath, football player,
the Denver Broncos are out to get him. Revival of Ted
Kennedy, back at work and giving speeches following
the recent death of Mary Jo Kopechne in the Chappaquiddick.
Two page color Pontiac GTO ad with yellow car on great
cliffy road, art by AF and VK. Jerome Robbins' great
new ballet "Dances at a Gathering" - awesome art photos
of Gjon Mili. The hippy commune squatting at 144 Piccadilly,
an empty 60 room mansion in Mayfair. Nader's Raiders,
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader. Full page color Ski-doo
snowmobile ad. 80-year-old painter Tom Benton. Rock
musician Jimi Hendrix in his own words and bizarre pictures.
Tennessee walking horse, with Joe Urquhart, Vic Thompson,
Joseph Tydings. Half page color Cessna airplane ad with
coupon for a first lesson, plane # N61189.
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Life Magazine October
10, 1969 : Fold-out Cover - New series : Revolution,
part 1 of 2 parts. Three page fold-out color Lincoln-Mercury
ad with bronze 1970 Marquis car. Two page color Chevrolet
trucks ad, includes semi-truck, convertible truck and
regular pickup truck with surfboards. Two page color
Chevrolet ad with 8 different stationwagons at a picnic.
Trial of the Chicago Eight, Chicago 8, charged with
violating provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
during the Democratic National Convention, includes
Abbie Hoffman, Lee Weiner, Bobby Seale (Blank Panther),
David Dellinger, Jerry Rubin, Rennie Davis, John Froines,
Tom Hayden, judge Julius Hoffman, American Civil Liberties
Union. Camp Pendleton Brig Rats report on brutalities
in a Marine Corps prison, includes Ron Lucas, Sandy
Hodge, Robert Parks, Dr. Lawrence McNamee, Chaplain
Mires Stine reporting. High School fashion fling, lots
of wild things, colors, strips, patterns, huge pant
legs, fringes, includes Rosemary Shoong, Kim Robertson,
Pat Auvenshine, Pam Pepin, Lenore Reday, Nina Nellhaus
(Denver), Sandy Brockman, Erica Farber, Woodside High
School, Bird City, Kansas, more. Chuck Barris - king
of TV gamesmanship, The Dating Game producer, others.
Modern Living - instant nostalgia in a prefabricated
Yankee barn house. Cincinnati Reds hot rookie pro quarterback
Greg Cook, football. Upgrading the Hawthorn Circle (roundabout)
with huge new highway intersection outside New York
City - threatened America. Centerfold color NFL 50th
ad with a commemorative football portfolio. Miscellany
: six-year-old Maryann Mace plays in her oak-top air-conditioned,
insulated, and soundproof tree house.
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Life Magazine October
17, 1969 : Cover - Black models take center stage,
top fashion model Naomi Sims (neat feature on black
models inside including Charlene Dash, Gloria Smith,
Elizabeth of Toro, Tamara Dobson, others). Odd full
page color Plymouth ad with 1970 Hemi Barracuda with
Shaker hood, wearing a psychedelic tie. Retrospectively
humorous two page color RCA ad for computer crafted
color on a television, includes "The 2,000"
which does look much like today's TVs. Fun two page
color Whirlpool appliances ad with the good models waving
goodbye to a reject. Two page color Canadian Club whiskey
ad with football theme, past and present. Music Review
- The Who's pop opera "Tommy". Neat full page color
Sears ad with Screamer 2 bicycle, the Mag Wheel bike.
Pennant Race game between the New York Mets and Atlanta
Braves, baseball. Very unusual two page Eastern airlines
ad with line art of a man with old-style hang-glider,
no signature. Arthur Goldberg writes an opinion piece
about the recent Green Beret scandal. Full page Maytag
ad with Mrs. Peter Walsh and family. Actress Liza Minelli.
New series on revolution : The Peoples War, part 2 of
2 parts, includes neat photo of loaded bicycles. Oh-la-la
- full page Manpower Temporary Help Services ad using
the Playboy club as an example. Prolifically inventive
self-taught engineer Stanford R. Ovshinsky. Richard
Davis' photo-collage portrait of Tracy Weed. Centerfold
color Oldsmobile ad with 1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale.
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$5
 Life
Magazine October 24, 1969 : Cover - The Day of
Dissent : the impact of the nation's Vietnam protest,
Vietnam Moratorium Day, nice photos including David
Moss, Kim Coburn, Frank Martin, Alan and Barbara Coburn,
others. . Full page color Mercury Cougar ad with white
car, black vinyl roof AND a woman holding a big cat
(tiger, mountain lion?) on a leash. Rather odd full
page color Whirlpool dryer ad with tied up woman and
cute little dog. John Bass donates fake art to the city
of Miami Beach. Charming photo of running Amish school
boys from near Kalona, Iowa. Ha - two page color Ford
car ad with very similar layout to the Mercury ad above
- this must have been 1969 "cool" look. Redskin
quarterback Sonny Jurgensen and coach Vincent Lombardi,
football - nice article with color and B&W photos..
Two page color Westinghouse ad featuring the community
of Coral Springs, Florida. New LIFE cookbook : "Great
Dinners from Life". Charming full page Volkswagen Beetle
car ad. Florida Attorney General Earl Faircloth devises
a new way to nail mobsters in court, illustrated with
an aerial photo of Motel Row north of Miami Beach. .
Heart transplant patients form a brotherhood of borrowed
time, including Bill Karraker, Carl and Effie Sheaffer,
Sasha Gilien, Nancy and Bob McKee, Nancy Gilien. Feature
on young authors, including Kathy Dunn, Robert Westbrook,
William Hjortsberg, Michael Thomas, Stephen Koch, Jonathan
Strong. Rock music supergroup Blind Faith with Ginger
Baker, Rick Grech, Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton.
VG - $32
G - $22
Life Magazine
October 31, 1969 : Cover - Marijuana
joint : at least 12 million Americans have now tried
it. Are penalties too severe? - includes the story of
runner Frank Provost LaVarre. Should it be legalized?
Quirky and cute full page color Lark cigarettes ad with
Taxi driver and fare. Two page color Chevrolet ad with
1970 Shevelle SS 396 car in red, I wonder what the cable
at the hood opening are for? Full page color Oldsmobile
ad with the Vista-Cruiser stationwagon, yup - the car
famous in That 70's show. Judge Clement F. Haynsworth
of Greenville, South Carolina - he may replace the scandalous
Fortas. Century of the wild Colorado river - John Wesley
Powell first explored it exactly 100 years ago, changes
in our uses of it and perceptions - nice photos and
other illustrations. Neat full page color Avon for men
ad with a range of decanters. Half page brilliant color
Scorpion 1970 snowmobile ad. Two influence peddlers
in the Speaker's office : Nathan Voloshen and Martin
Sweig. Jascha Heifetz, violinist. H.R. Pufnstuf puppet
show, includes Jim Henson and the Muppets. Fashion -
neck furs are back, lots of mostly naked models. Interesting
story about George C. Whipple III, the Whipper, running
for public office in Kent, New York at age 14, photos
EXC - $40
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