http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20414 Feel Smart Again Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:46:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20414/comment-page-1#comment-108587 Elphaba Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20414#comment-108587 I probably wouldnt have ever seen a Life magazine either had it not been for a college history prof of mine. He was in his 80's and had a HUGE collection of Life mags from the 1930's (?) forward. The walls of his office were lined with shelf after shelf of the magazines, all dutifully protected in plastic sheafs. Once a week during class he'd grab a box of them from whatever time period we were studying and let us peruse and discuss. The pictures and articles were an amazing teaching tool (the pictures were actually better than the articles at this) and I'm really thankful that I got to see them - and now the whole world will be able to as well! I probably wouldnt have ever seen a Life magazine either had it not been for a college history prof of mine. He was in his 80’s and had a HUGE collection of Life mags from the 1930’s (?) forward. The walls of his office were lined with shelf after shelf of the magazines, all dutifully protected in plastic sheafs. Once a week during class he’d grab a box of them from whatever time period we were studying and let us peruse and discuss. The pictures and articles were an amazing teaching tool (the pictures were actually better than the articles at this) and I’m really thankful that I got to see them – and now the whole world will be able to as well!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20414/comment-page-1#comment-108570 Brandy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:55:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20414#comment-108570 Thanks so much for posting this! It's incredible! Thanks so much for posting this! It’s incredible!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20414/comment-page-1#comment-108561 Dawn Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:15:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20414#comment-108561 Fantastic! Life has had amazing photos over the years. Fantastic! Life has had amazing photos over the years.

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