Life Magazine, September 15, 1947 - Madame Du Barry

Age of enlightenment, 5th in a series on the History of Western Culture. Restful days in Dublin. Very cute cartoon machine monsters show LIFE's growing pains. Photo - Families of trapped miners hold death watch, Whitehaven, England, William coal mine under the Irish sea. Full page Ipana tooth paste ad with Celeste McClain and her family. Another neat full page Margarine ad in yellow. Religious riots plague India. Manolete is gored to death by bull. Bub-O-Loon is newest fad, huge balloons. Full page color Chesterfield cigarettes ad with Rita Hayworth. Article - Germany's lost youth. Close-up - Outsize governor, Jim Folsom. Cool full page color Tavern floor wax ad on bright blue floor - and my friends thought MY kitchen was bright! Photo essay - IBM's super salesmen. US keeps the Davis cup, Ted Schroeder vs. Dinny Pails, tennis. Hollywood riding clothes. Hybrid corn. Marshall Field & Co. pretties up elevator girls, includes photos of June Wahl and Ann Wratarich. Life's party " what I did on my vacation." - John Preston and James McCune of Louisiana, Missouri. Boxer Primo Carnera, Italian Giant, Old Satchelfoot. Gorgeous full page ad for dress from I. Magnin & company. And, a lovely full page color Ballantine Ale ad with a woman who makes me think of Snow White. President Truman in Rio de Janeiro. Cute photo of Rita Hayworth on the "Queen Elizabeth." Movie - "Her Husband's Affairs" with Lucille Ball. Full page Canadian Club whiskey ad with Eric Soderstrom and mines in Cobalt, Canada. Unusual helicopter uses, such as diving platform, umpire perch, more, Mrs. Marion Aubert. Full page color Calvert Whisky ad with art by Tom Loveland. Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with Mary Reilly, Table-tennis star (ping pong).