Welcome to OLD LIFE!

Many folks come here looking for a special issue for someone. Let me give you a couple of hints to ease your searching:

First, the Categories on the right side of the website group the issues by year Click arrow for dropdown list), and by many topics that you may find interesting and or useful. If you select a specific year from the categories, you will be shown all of the issues we have in inventory with their QTY by condition. 

If you are looking for a specific date, enter in the Search bar the date in the format of mm/dd/yy, for example 03/07/45. Life magazines where published weekly from November 1936 until the end of 1972.

You may also use "keywords" to search the cover titles and many other keywords that we have associated with certain issues. For example, "Monroe" will get you the list of Life's with Marilyn included.

As you have selected a particular category and are shown all of the issues for that category, you may then select a specific issue and you will be presented with a photo of that issue table of contents.

This is very helpful if you a looking for a specific article or if you are just curious about the topics covered in that issue.

We have over 8,000 issues of LIFE and more than 90% of the issues published during the 1936-1972 period. We have cross referencing capability to assist in locating for your special issue.

The volume of material (approximately 235,000 pages) prevents us from doing page by page searches of the issues to locate topics.

Research Service

We have added a "Research Service" to accomodate your need to locate specific items or topics.

We are happy to receive your request and will try to accommodate it, if reasonablly possible.

WE BUY LIFE MAGAZINE COLLECTIONS!!!

We are interested in buying complete year(s) collections of Life 1936-1972 that are in excellent condition and do not have a musty smell.

Excellent means the covers colors are vibrant with no damage (label OK), no torn or missing pages and the spine is strong and intact. The years issues must not have been cherry picked.

Contact us via email for more information.

The LIFE issue that you sent was a HUGE hit with my father and his friends! It came just in time and I couldn't believe how great it looked! Thanks so much!