1936 November 23 - Life Magazine

Life Magazine November 23, 1936 : PREMIER ISSUE. This is the First Issue of this version of LIFE. Franklin Roosevelt's wild west. NBC. Fort Knox. Fort Belvedere. One legged man on a mountain, Roger Tschumi. Russia relaxes. Wheeler, Montana. Ruby Smith's place. Photo of Mrs. Nelson with two little children at Nelson Laundry. Mrs. Effie Crawfor in Pearl River, Louisiana and illegitimate child. Bandit La Normandia in Philadelphia. Dr. Joseph Graham Mayo and dog Floosie killed while driving along train tracks in Alma, Wisconsin. St. Mary's Chinese school in San Francisco. Greatest living actress, Helen Hayes. Two page color beautiful Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ad, art by Lemuel Thomas. Photo of the Grentonas in high-wire bicycle act. Nice full page color Lucky Strike cigarettes ad with woman in red and Dalmatian dog.

1936 November 30 - Life Magazine

Life Magazine, November 30, 1936
Cover photograph of a West Point Cadet feeding, taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Two-page photographic spread "This is a Brain Operation"; "Another President Goes to Sea" (FDR); "Steve Hannagan's Girls"; "Mapping the Yukon"; "Paintings by Adolf Hitler"; "Football" (features Southwestern College, Memphis, and Cal Hubbard); "Bird-Roping" and more.

1936 December 7 - Life Magazine

Life Magazine, November 7, 1936
Cover – Skiing photo by Dr. Paul Wolff. Noel Coward – rich actor. Lady Roosevelt visits Milwaukee. Femail Pearl divers in Japan. Adolf Hitler biography – early photos. German Admiral Erich Raeder. Russian Mote Carlo Balley Russe – Alexandra Danilova and Leonide Massine. Amelita Galli-Curci in Chicago. Sergei Rachmaninoff. Printmaker Muirhead Bone. The earliest LIFE skiing feature! Skiing is fun and makes beautiful pictures – St. Moritz, Corvinglia Ski Hut, photos by Dr. P Wolf & Lionel Green. The Moors in Spain. Wolf hunt in Texas – John A Rowa, Frank Harrell, A E. Outlaw, South Texas Wolf Hunters Association. Life goes to the birthday of Sultan of Surakarta. Back page Camel as with African explorer Lawrence T. K. Griswold.

1936 December 14 - Life Magazine

Life Magazine, November 14, 1936
Cover - Archbishop of Canterbury. First climb of Mt. Mystery (now Mt. Waddington) the highest peak in the coastal range of British Columbia by Fritz Wiessner, Alanson Willcox, William House, and Miss Elizabeth Woolsey (best woman skier in North America). Gus Gennerich at Rio. President Roosevelt at Rio de Janeiro. Line of freighters frozen in the ice close to the locks of Sault Ste. Marie. Six Day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden - nice group of photos. Nettie Rosenstein dress designer. Battle of fence in western USA, with King Ranch, includes photos of Luther Blanton, John Blanton and families, Captain William McMurray. Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson and King-Emperor Edward Windsor. Surrealism - art. Movie - "Lost Horizon." Great Britain's Depressed areas : South Wales, Cumberland and Tyneside. GOLD (color feature), with William French and John Goldhammer. Photos of a cock fight. Full page movie ad for "The Plainsman." Neat photo of an airplane landed neatly in the top of an apple tree - flown there by Fred Koehnlein after propeller fell off.

1936 December 21 - Life Magazine

Life Magazine, November 21, 1936
Cover - Lord Beaverbrook's granddaughter in fancy baby carriage with old gentleman friend. Photos of recovery of frozen prospector Leslie Bacon who died in blizzard at a claim high above Gold King Mine 25 miles from Durango, Colorado. Pittsburgh - especially the huge slag heap and the steel industry, Cardinals. Tattooing – color feature. London's biggest fire – the Crystal Palace. Two page center spread 1937 Oldsmobile ad. Star of Bethlehem in Hayden Planetarium in New York. Paintings by Peter Scott : Ducks in color. Radiolaria models in color by Herman Mueller. Newest movie queen, Merle Oberon. Union Pacific dinner. Bombing of Madrid during Spanish civil war. Antoine Hair salon in Saks Fifth Avenue and permanent hair waves. Flea circus and Herbert Le Roy Heckler. LIFE goes to a golden wedding party in Omaha with the J.J. Pelleys for Harriette and Carl Gray, special train. Nice full page Plymouth ad - $510. Photos of Leon Booth, Jr. 16 months-old getting his first hair cut. Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson and her royal beaus. Neat page of photos pertaining to testing of the new “Flying Fortress” Boeing YB-17 airplane. Striking seamen and photos of their on-ship lifestyle.

1936 December 28 - Life Magazine

Life Magazine, November 28, 1936Cover photo of Metropolitan Opera's Ballet. Gone with the wind, the book – the millionth copy was printed on December 15th – this article is a photo guide to some of the places in the book. Lindy hoppers (Lindy Hop dance). Arthur Murry. Murray studio. Fred Astaire. The De Marcos, Russian embassy, Chiang Kai-shek, Ski Slide (ski meet in Madison Square Garden). Funny photo series of Chimpanzees as prize fighters. Wonderful story of Bill Wincapaws, father and son, flying Christmas boxes to Lighthouses and Coast Guard stations and lonely fishermen on Maine islands for La Touraine Coffee company .