Life Magazine, May 1, 1964 -New York World's Fair
Cover photo and story: the World's Fair held in New York City, with photos by Henri Dauman, George Silk and Howard Sochurek, including a view of the city from a blimp. The fair had a massive amount of displays, with featured areas of how the world used to work and how people thought it would work in the future. The issue also has a feature on past World's Fairs. There are photos of young Jordanian King Hussein at a Texas horse farm; see Harvey Oswald' widow Marina attends her baby's christening; a boy survives an unexpected 3000 foot hot air balloon ride;S argent Shriver; Shakespeare at 400: part 2, showing Sir Laurence Olivier, the pre-eminent Shakespearean, with photos by Roddy McDowall. Kentucky Derby fashions, views of a fly's tongue from an electron microscope.
Notable ads :
- Wrangler jeans, with lively photo of dancing teens and instructions for getting the words, music, and dance steps for the "Wrangler Stretch"
- Maytag ad features the Glenn Jones family of La Crescenta, California
- Kellogg's Corn Flakes, with "How to Build a Tiger"
- Max Factor makeup
- 7-up soda
This issue has 112 pages, no mailing label.