LIFE Magazine Cover- May 17, 1937
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Title
LIFE Magazine Cover- May 17, 1937
Description
Cover depicts the Dionne Quintuplets; French Canadian Quintuplets popular in the 1930's and were considered the "country's biggest tourist attraction" by the Canadian Encyclopedia. Contents of the magazine were described by oldlifemagazine.com : "Full page Studebaker ad with Bob Hope and Masestro Richard Himber. Interesting full page color Monroe adding-calculator ad. "War Admiral" wins 63rd Kentucky Derby horse race, including photos of jockey Charley Kurtsinger and Samuel D. Riddle, plus more on the Kentucky Derby and other jockeys. Minnesota's last logging drive, Photos at bridge near Nett Lake on Littlefork River. Zeppelin Hindenberg explosion - five full pages of excellent photos. Columbia River salmon fishing fleet puts out to sea. 150 Grand Pianos played at same time for the 125th Grand Piano Festival in Indianapolis. Artist John Kane. Full page color Budweiser beer ad with cave theme. Burmese cremation of a monk. Baby Giant Panda Su-Lin with Mary Bean and Mrs. William H. Harkness Jr. Mrs. Simpson wears fashion by Schiaparelli. Cartoons about British Character by cartoonist Pont, Graham Laidler. Dutch Cigar testers. Girl golfers Clara Callender, Mrs. Brent Potter, Jane Douglas, Joyce Wetherel. A party at the Lake Shore Athletic Club in Chicago, including Joe Lewis, Coleman Clark, Margot Reid, and many others. Lovely full page color Chevrolet car ad, night scene. Crow Indian nation arrow throwing contest. Cute photos of Priscilla Lane surprised in the bath."
Source
From AMM's personal archive
Date
May 17th 1937
Publisher
LIFE magazine
Subject
The Way the Crow Flies
