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An Analysis of "Life" Magazine dated November 17, 1958

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As you know, the recent discovery of a cache of "magazines" has provided our department with an opportunity to better understand the colorful but largely heretofore-baffling mid-20th century. The graphics and pictures contained in one of the "magazines" entitled "Life" appear to be particularly illustrative of the customs and values that were predominant during this period in Western history. Some sample illustrations, together with this analyst's interpretation of the contents of an issue of a "Life" "magazine" dated November 17, 1958 and their likely functions and purposes as they apply to female gender issues, are provided below.

General Description and Contents of "Magazine."

This copy of "Life" "magazine" is comparable to the other specimens discovered in "gar-[b?]ages" in recent years; this copy, though, is especially well preserved, due in large part to the manner in which it was stored. The owner of this "magazine" apparently believed it to be worthy of careful storage because it was wrapped in several layers of a transparent film-like substance which has been dubbed "plas-tic," pending further analyses of comparable contemporary references to this substance. This type of "magazine" appears to have been intended for an audience of readers with poor vision since it is oversized compared to other "magazines" from this era. Some of the photographs contained in this copy were in full color, while others were in various shades of black, grey and white (the latter are undergoing further analysis to determine their purpose).

Representative samples from the table of contents of this...

Representative Samples from Table of Contents from "Life" "Magazine" dated November 17, 1958.
Section

Description

Page Number

Cover (Shown in Figure 1 below)

On election night, as Nelson Rockefeller beams broadly at the returns that elected him governor of New York, Mrs. Rockefeller stands by dazed but happy

See pages 36-38F

The Week's Events

A shocked reaction to the size of the Democratic landslide

John XXIII receives his tiara; resplendent ceremonies and an eventful month

35

38

Photographic Essay

"Look at what we've got": Mr. And Mrs. Painter have a real reason to be proud.

Education

Coed's wiggle in a wrangle: Purdue majorette does a controversial half-time hula

63

Fashion

Fixed up with false lashes; new eye trick uses easily put on fakes

83

Science

The cat walks upside down; Navy suspends animals by magnets to study disorientation of space flight

A reproduction of the "magazine's" cover is provided in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1. Copy of "Life" "Magazine" dated November 17, 1958.

Analysis of Images and Content.

The description of the cover from the table of contents was particularly valuable for understanding this picture: "On election night, as Nelson Rockefeller beams broadly at the returns that elected him governor of New York, Mrs. Rockefeller stands by dazed but happy"; therefore, it can reasonably be assumed that the female portrayed above is the male's relative, but the precise relationship remains unclear.…

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References

TomFolio.com. Galactic Web: Available: http://www.tomfolio.com/bookdetailsfg.asp?

b=40315& m=40.

Source: TomFolio.com. Galactic Web: Available: http://www.tomfolio.com/bookdetailsfg.asp? b=40315& m=40.

See reference to the 1960s in The 61st Century Universal Encyclopedia of 20th Century Languages and Customs, Vol. XIII.
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