Life Vol. 31 No. 23
- Created by
- Life Magazine, 1883 - 2007
- Published by
- Time Inc., American, founded 1922
- Subject of
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Parker, Suzy, American, 1932 - 2003
- Date
- December 3, 1951
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 14 × 10 7/16 × 1/4 in. (35.6 × 26.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- A December 3, 1951 issue of Life magazine containing a photographic essay by W. Eugene Smith of the midwife Maude E. Callen. The front cover of the magazine features a black and white photograph of a woman sitting sideways, with knees bent and her face looking towards the camera. In the upper left corner is the [LIFE] depicted in large white letters against a red rectangular background. Cover headlines include ['I SAW THE BULLET THAT HIT ME' / A MARINE'S LETTER TO HIS FATHER] and [BEST TOYS / TO GIVE / YOUR CHILD] in the upper right corner and [CHRISTMAS / LINGERIE] in the bottom left. A red band runs along the bottom edge of the cover with the issue price [20 CENTS] and date [DECEMBER 3, 1951] at the right side.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Health
- Labor
- Mass media
- Medicine
- Midwifery
- Photography
- Rural life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- © LIFE
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