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This listing is for the original January 1, 1940 issue of LIFE magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1. The cover features Cecil Beaton's photograph of Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI, in the Blue Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace. The cover line reads Great Britain's Queen. This was the first LIFE issue of 1940, published just four months after Britain entered World War include:
England at War: Life Goes On in the Dark, a photographic essay on blackout London with night views of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and Piccadilly Circus
Germans Scuttle and Run from British Sea Might in the Atlantic, covering the scuttling of the German liner Columbus
Speaking of Pix: Cecil Beaton Photographs the Queen
Flying Revenooers Lead Raids on Southern Moonshine Stills, including a full page of convicted moonshiner mug shots
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Fairbanks Widow Weeps at Husband's Funeral
Artist Records Coast Guard's Iceberg Patrol
Joe Martin and The People
LIFE Goes to a Dallas advertising includes a 20th Century Fox Swanee River back cover starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, and Al Jolson, plus a full color International Trucks ad, Chevrolet Vacuum Power Shift, Pontiac, Cannon Towels, Kellogg's Pep, and Paul Jones magazine shows age wear and toning. The spine is split and chipped along the lower portion. The back cover has handwritten pencil notations, and one interior ad has pencil numbers. Please refer to all photos for Magazine · 1940 · January 1 1940 · Queen Elizabeth · Queen Mother · Cecil Beaton · Buckingham Palace · World War II · WWII · England at War · Blackout London · Swanee River · Al Jolson · Don Ameche · Moonshine · Vintage Magazine · 1940s Advertising
