LOOK 1959

A few issues were published in regional editions starting in September of 1959 - this did not affect every issue.  Please check the bottom of the full listing for the date to see the Edition, if any, and the Content of that section.

Historical Highlights of 1959 ...

  • Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states.
  • Recording sessions for the extremely influential Miles Davis album a "Kind of Blue" takes place.
  • "Some Like It Hot" a comedy directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon is in theaters.
  • Famous Births ... Suzanne Vega, Kevin Spacey, "Weird Al" Yankovic.
  • Deaths ... A plane crash causes the deaths of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper.
  • The San Francisco Giants officially name their new stadium Candlestick Park.
  • A Movie Ticket cost $1.00
  • Flood in Taiwan leaves 2,000 dead.
  • Cuban revolution. Fidel Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba.
  • US Launches first Weather Station in Space.

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LOOK Magazine - January 6, 1959

LOOK Magazine - January 6, 1959

Cover : Vintage photo from rally in Nazi Germany. - Annual LOOK TV awards. - The South fights bombing, civil rights, anti-Jewish, anti-Negro and...


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LOOK Magazine - January 20, 1959

LOOK Magazine - January 20, 1959

Cover : Mrs. Bing Crosby (Kathryn Grant) and child. (feature inside) - Bernard Goldfine, a story of money, influence and arrogance. - Full page...


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LOOK Magazine - February 3, 1959

LOOK Magazine - February 3, 1959

Cover : Doctors looking down at patient (medical care feature). - Fifth Avenue fashions, big color feature, include nighttime cityscape, swing coats....


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LOOK Magazine - February 17, 1959

LOOK Magazine - February 17, 1959

Cover : Nikita Khrushchev. - Is the American League dying?, baseball. - Lola Albright, the "Peter Gunn" girl. - An exclusive close-up view...


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LOOK Magazine - March 3, 1959

LOOK Magazine - March 3, 1959

Cover : The American Woman. - Democratic forecast, a Catholic in 1960, John F. Kennedy. - The case for the American Woman, by Diana Trilling. - Full...


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LOOK Magazine - March 17, 1959

LOOK Magazine - March 17, 1959

Cover : Steve Allen (feature inside) - The Nazis' human Guinea Pigs, Auschwitz, nasty stories, Krystyna, Pelagia, Halina, Jadwiga, Zofia, Jamina,...


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LOOK Magazine - March 31, 1959

LOOK Magazine - March 31, 1959

Cover : Pope John XXIII - How Pope John's changes at the Vatican may affect the Christian world. - Full page Hiram Walker Whisky ad with three men...


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LOOK Magazine - April 14, 1959

LOOK Magazine - April 14, 1959

Cover - Florida living and vacationing cover story. - The conquest of Jayne Meadows by Steve Allen. - Reporting on the vodka circuit by Douglass...


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LOOK Magazine - April 28, 1959

LOOK Magazine - April 28, 1959

Cover : Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and his daughter, Mary. - Can Rockefeller knock off Nixon? - Baseball's greatest manager, Casey Stengel, 7...


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LOOK Magazine - May 12, 1959

LOOK Magazine - May 12, 1959

Cover : Perry Como - How much is Perry Como's $25,000,000 worth? - Full page color Tang ad. - Full page color John Hancock insurance ad with painting...


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LOOK Magazine - May 26, 1959

LOOK Magazine - May 26, 1959

Cover : View over shoulder of helicopter pilot looking to submarine. - The shocking hole in our defense, the war Russia could win now, USS Wasp, USS...


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LOOK Magazine - June 9, 1959

LOOK Magazine - June 9, 1959

Cover : Richard Nixon - The ordeal that made Richard Nixon. - Full page color Esquire Boot Polish ad with photo of Captain Hal Swinburne, commander...


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LOOK Magazine - June 23, 1959

LOOK Magazine - June 23, 1959

Cover: Wives of the stars, the Clint Walkers, the Chuck Connorses, the Steve McQueens. - Two page color Kodak cameras ad, welcome to the automatic...


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LOOK Magazine - July 7, 1959

LOOK Magazine - July 7, 1959

Cover: Queen Elizabeth dancing. - Full page ad for film "The Earth is Mine" with Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons. - Hospitals can give patients a...


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LOOK Magazine - July 21, 1959

LOOK Magazine - July 21, 1959

Cover : Jack Parr - What Jack Parr is Really Like, by Jack Parr. - Can the Catholics and Protestants unite?  - A visit with Dr. Spock, baby doctor...


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LOOK Magazine - August 4, 1959

LOOK Magazine - August 4, 1959

Cover : Sports cars on a beach. - Full page color Canadian Club ad, adventure kayaking on Italy's Sarca River. - Revolution in Texas, growth of...


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LOOK Magazine - August 18, 1959

LOOK Magazine - August 18, 1959

Cover : Princess Grace of Monaco and her two children in a swimming pool. - How Mamie's brother-in-law thrives in Washington, Gordon Moore. - A big...
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LOOK Magazine - September 1, 1959

LOOK Magazine - September 1, 1959

Cover - How Hitler fooled the British cover story. - Curious story behind the new Cary Grant by Laura Bergquist, Suzy Parker, Kim Novak, Ingrid...


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LOOK Magazine - September 15, 1959

LOOK Magazine - September 15, 1959

Cover : Shirley MacLaine - Full page Famous Artists School ad with small photos of "America's 12 Most Famous Artists," including Norman...


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LOOK Magazine - September 29, 1959

LOOK Magazine - September 29, 1959

Cover : California palm trees - 60 pages with dozens of photos on vast, crowded, incredible California. - Actresses Danielle de Metz and Jean Blake...


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LOOK Magazine - October 13, 1959

LOOK Magazine - October 13, 1959

Cover : Detroit's new small cars, the Corvair, Valient and Falcon. - Senator Jack Kennedy : front man for a dynasty, JFK, feature on him and family....


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LOOK Magazine - October 27, 1959

LOOK Magazine - October 27, 1959

Cover : Virginia Mayo, Ward Bond, Ann Blyth and Bette Davis in "Wagon Train," photo by Earl Theisen - Full page color Lucky Strike ad with...


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LOOK magazine - November 10, 1959

LOOK magazine - November 10, 1959

Cover : Fred Astaire. - Great full page color Maidenform bra ad is medieval tapestry. - Eisenhower won't hear voices of ordinary Russians on proposed...


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LOOK Magazine - November 24, 1959

LOOK Magazine - November 24, 1959

Cover : Dick Clark. - Exodus revisited, a picture story of Israel by Leon Uris, includes Matilda Krim. - Dick Clark gives advice to teenagers on...


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LOOK Magazine - December 8, 1959

LOOK Magazine - December 8, 1959

Cover : Babies awaiting adoption at Children's Services of Connecticut. - Two page color Remington Roll-A-Matic shaver ad includes photo of Bing...


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LOOK Magazine - December 22, 1959

LOOK Magazine - December 22, 1959

Cover : Arthur Godfrey. - Football All America choices, photos include Billy Cannon, Bill Carpenter, Joe Caldwell, Maxie Baughan, Don Meredith, and...


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