I found a copy of Life magazine over the weekend dated August 6, 1945. The date caught my eye so naturally I bought it. It will make a good reference source as there is an article on the Berlin Conference with Truman & Stalin; 6 pages of 51 photographs of Truman's first 100 days as President; an article on the B-25 crash into the Empire State Building; and a full color 6 page spread of 214 shoulder insignia of various Corps, Divisions etc:. Just goes to show : always keep your eyes open when taking your Wife "antiquing".
My grandmother keep tons of magazines in her Victorian attic which had a Queen Anne tower with windows. . Many were Life's from WW2 as well as Saturday Evening Post and National Geographics. I spent many an hour reading . All gone now but you bring up a good point, always something good lurking in and around old places and antique stalls. Gaines .
I was in an antique shop in Colorado and found this large rack of Life magazines and a lot of them were from the WWII era, and the one time that I didn't have any money had to be at that moment. I was so disappointed
Yeah, It was my wife's birthday and I thought, What could be more appropriate? Not to insinuate anything mine you. There is a small town about an hour and a half South of us that has six antique shops we like to visit once a year or so. Nice drive down there what with the trees starting to take on their Fall colors. A bit early but you can tell the brisk touch of approaching Autumn isn't far away. I'm always looking for anything 1940-ish and she's always looking.
All issues of LIFE magazine have been scanned in and are available from Google Books. One of my very favorite things to do is skim through an issue. Of course, I also have several print copies of LIFE from the WW2 era and lots of other magazines, too (Ladies Home Journal is a favorite). Here's the link to LIFE magazines from the 1940s; https://books.google.com/books?id=YFAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=K-9&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1
