TITLE: LIFE magazine
[Classic LIFE Magazine, with all the great photographs, features, writers, vintage advertisements and MORE -- See FULL contents below!]
ISSUE DATE: September 1, 1947; Vol 23, No. 9
CONDITION: LARGE magazine, Approx 10oe" X 13oe". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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LIFE'S COVER: The man on LIFE'S cover is standing beside a 7,700-pound racing car in which he expects to travel 400 mph. He is JOHN COBB, a 47-year-old London fur broker who in 1939 set the world land-speed record of 368.9 mph. His 2,600-hp juggernaut cost $100,000 to build, is powered by two 12-cylinder engines, shifts into high gear at 240 mph. Last week, on the salt flats of Utah, Cobb dressed up in helmet, goggles, sneakers and racing coveralls and loafed through a 334-mph trial run (p. 25). But he minimized the skill required on his part. "It isn't the driving;" Cobb said. "It's the hanging on."

THE WEEK'S EVENTS:
A BIG SPORTS SEASON REACHES PEAK.
EDITORIAL: THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.
HINDU HOLY MEN HONOR NEHRU.
LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE IS HELD ON COOL MOUNTAINTOP.
OVERELL TRIAL PACKS THEM IN.
DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD HONORS REPUBLICAN JOE MARTIN.
HIROSHIMA CELEBRATES DAY OF ATOMIC BOMB.
NEWEST FLEISCHMANN YACHT TAKES TO WATER.

ARTICLE: AMERICAN WRITERS, by JOHN CHAMBERLAIN. Profiles of many writers.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS:
ST. LOUIS MONKEYS.
CHICAGO GRAIN EXCHANGE.

EXPLORATION: ANTARCTIC OASIS.

FASHION: WAIST PINCHERS. New tiny corsets squeeze waists, emphasize full hips and high bosom.

MOVIES:
BLACKNARCISSUS.
HAITIAN PAINTING.

OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
LETTERSTOTHE EDITORS.
SPEAKING OF PICTURES: WIDE-ANGLE CAMERA "EXPLODES BUILDINGS." Marvelous aerial views.
LIFE'S PARTY: U.S. STUDENTS GO ABROAD.
MISCELLANY: HOLLYWOOD ROCOCO.

FULL PAGE vintage ADS include:
Movie Ad: FUN and FANCY FREE, from WALT DISNEY; The beautiful Chrysler -- Beautiful 2 page painting of wild horses by John Clymer; More Doctors smoke Camels; MORE

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