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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
 

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Contents

John Kieran gets nature information
8
John Kieran; 1892-1981, Nature study
Ten days in the African desert
12
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Africa, Personal narratives)
OPM asks sacrifices as a shortage of aluminum wakes nation to crisis
23
Aluminum
War in the Mediterranean
28
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Mediterranean region)
Matapan
32
Matapan, Battle of, 1941
Convoys
52
Naval convoys, World War, 1939-1945 (Great Britain)
Youngest generation of American artists holds whopping good show at Pittsburgh
56
NATIONAL high school art exhibition
Million dollar baby
60
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Range finders are the eyes of big battleship guns
63
RANGE finders
Spiritualism
74
Joseph Dunninger; 1892-1975, Mediums, Spiritualism

Mrs Vanderbilt's farewell to 5th ave
34
Grace Graham VANDERBILT; 3d), Balls (Parties)
Death ends ex-Kaiser's 82-year picture story
36
William II (German Emperor); 1859-1941
Harlem's new congeroo gives girls a workout
49
Dance
India's rope trick is faked in pictures
80
Rope tricks
General Drum, nation's no. 1 field soldier
82
Hugh A. Drum; 1879-1951, United States Army (Officers)

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