LIFE 1923 Magazines For Sale - 2Neat Magazines - Original LIFE Magazines For Sale /product-category/life-magazine-1883-1936/life-1923/ Original LIFE Magazines For Sale Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:02:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/2neat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LIFE 1923 Magazines For Sale - 2Neat Magazines - Original LIFE Magazines For Sale /product-category/life-magazine-1883-1936/life-1923/ 32 32 69036646 Life Magazine – March 8, 1923 (# 2105) – W.T. Benda – More Masks. /product/life-magazine-march-8-1923-2105-w-t-benda/ Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:45:24 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=10168 Magazine Condition : Good (All Very Good, but has a mild central crease.  Such a crease is common to most of these early Life magazines due to how they were mailed.)

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Cover : An extravagant scene from a party with a masked man and a lovely young lady who has just removed her mask.  Perhaps this is Mardi Gras.  Art by the excellent W. T. Benda.

– Full page color ads for Cantrell & Cochrane Ginger Ale, Velvet Smoking Tobacco (with great art of a golfer, not signed).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Unknown (Correspondence school for fox hunters), Oliver Herford (The impossibility of drying out the Capital building, prohibition), James Montgomery Flagg (You and your cigarettes).
– Two page centerspread art by J. R. Shaver, “Gee! I’m glad I ain’t a horse,”  man standing in blizzard looking at horse standing in blizzard.
– Some current events include : British debt, Franco-German problem, “We say goodbye to the 67th Congress without undue violence of grief.”
– Full page ads for New Chandler Six with the Pikes Peak Motor, Phoenix hosiery, Simmons mattresses (the purple label), Lincoln Motor Company (Enduring quality), Statler Hotels (the headwaiter and his captains).
– Humorous little piece “Sounder discusses the National Pocket Flask.
– “A radical is a man who looks down on those above him.”
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1923 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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Life Magazine – December 1923 (# 2144) – C. Coles Phillips – Christmas /product/life-magazine-december-1923-2144-coles-phillips/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:21:21 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4880 Magazine Condition : POOR (Generally Good, but missing center page: likely this won't be noticed because the magazine is FAT. Cover has light soil and a tear in the corner margin).

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Cover : Lovely young lady in silver satin ensemble standing under mistletoe “A lady in waiting,” art by Coles Phillips.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER (an extra FAT issue).
– Dated “December 1923” on cover, “December 6, 1923” inside.
– Full page color McCallum silk hosiery ad with lovely art by Katharine Sturges.
– Full page color H. J. Heinz ad with art by James ??
– Full page art or cartoon art by Gluyas Williams (God rest ye Merrie Gentlemen), Donald Denton (Mimeograph ad), Charles Dana Gibson (A ministering angel), Alice Harvey (I want a book for a handsome man), Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde dayes, ye Piece de resistance), P. L. Crosby (Skippy gives Santa Claus a mouthful), Rodney Thomson (The Portraits’ Christmas), Gluyas Williams (Two pages : Out sixth, please), John Held Jr. (Mark the Merry Yuletide bells, engravings), Ellison Hoover (Ye compleat Christmasse), W. Heath Robinson (Preparing for Christmas Weather), C. H. Sykes (Life’s Christmas dream), Oliver Herford (Line busy), Fred G. Cooper (A cleanly Christmas carol), Charles Forbell (Ye Merrie Holde Uppe), Robert Dickey (Pep the Pooch celebrates Christmas), A. B. Frost (He tried to put in a fuse and got a shock),
– Some current events include : Is the world really going to pot or does it only seem so?, H. G. Wells, Theory of Evolution, Brother Bill Bryan, Lord Birkenhead, Self-interest got us into the War.
– Full page color Colgate’s gifts ad.
– Full page color Prudential insurance ad with Caesar Augustus.
– Full page color Gillette safety razor ad.
– Full page color Victrola ad with group in fancy dress inside with Christmas tree.
– And much more 1923   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – December 13, 1923 (# 2145) – Girls and Mistletoe /product/life-magazine-december-13-1923-2145/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:18:43 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4878 Magazine Condition Choices :
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Cover : Little boy dressed in his holiday best contemplating two twin girls standing under the mistletoe “Troubles never come singly,” art by P. L. Crosby.

– Full page color Underwood portable typewriter ad with art of four different users.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Watts (Oh, yes, you are exactly of the period), Unsigned, probably Rea Irvin (The skeptics’ society, they test the theory that “Two heads are better than one”), Charles Forbell (The outline of Santa Claus), C. H. Sykes (The right of way), P. L. Crosby (Skippy weathers the coldest night of the year),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (The vanishing sex : interesting survival of an old social custom of asking husbands to Dinner parties).
– Some current events include : Populations were outrunning the possibility of food supply, famines in India, Craig-Mayer episode, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad went into receivership, Mr. Garrison, Judge Mayer, Mr. Craig, Mayor Hylan.
– GORGEOUS lovely full page color White Rock water ad with art of Santa, not signed but great!
– Full page color ad for Caribbean Cruises with the Great White Fleet, art signed but illegible.
– Half page art by J. R. Shaver (When the P’liceman comes … woman cooking, little girl sitting in chair to right).
– And so much more!  1923 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – December 20, 1923 (# 2146) – Last Minute Christmas /product/life-magazine-december-20-1923-2146/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:16:16 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4876 Magazine Condition : Good

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Cover : Man carrying a huge load of presents “The man who wasn’t going to bother to celebrate Christmas,” art by Don Herold.

– Full page color travel ad for Bermuda’s Opal Sea with coral art theme, artist signature is a glyph that looks like bow and arrow with initials inside, maybe EF, maybe CH.
– Full page art or cartoon art by James Montgomery Flagg (Pall Mall cigarettes ad, half art), Charles Dana Gibson (The health resorters), Gluyas Williams (A tender heart makes a quick mind), Rea Irvin (The skeptics’ society, testing the theory that the last straw will break the camel’s back), P. L. Crosby (Skippy takes a violin lesson), C. H. Sykes (High time for somebody to wake up), Robert Dickey (Pep the Pooch tries his luck), McClelland Barclay (Fisher auto body ad).
– Two page centerspread art by J. R. Shaver (Gee!  There’s an awful lot of ’em Jimmie, … boys looking out at huge number of chimneys.).
– Some current events include : Craig-Mayer case, Attorney General Daugherty, Mr. Craig, League of Nations, Secretary Mellon’s plan for reducing taxation, Henry Ford is now the richest man in the country and Mr. Mellon is second richest.
– Full page color White Rock Ginger ale ad with Christmas tree and presents.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 27, 1923 (# 2147) – B. Cory Kilvert /product/life-magazine-december-27-1923-2147-b-cory-kilvert/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:14:24 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4874 Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but has very faint spine margin water mark).

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Cover : Santa on roof being interrupted by stork with baby “The Right of Way”, art by B. Cory Kilvert.  PERFECT art for anyone born near Christmas!

– Lovely Full page color Holeproof Hosiery ad with art by Coles Phillips.
– Full page art or cartoon art by John Sheridan (Hart Schaffner & Marx suits ad), Charles Dana Gibson (I can read him like a book), Fred G. Cooper (Our good dumb friend the cow), Oliver Herford (Two pages : The poet and the autograph album), C. H. Sykes (The month), Charles Dana Gibson (Violet Heming), P. L. Crosby (Skippy goes over big with the grocer).
– Two page centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson (The Understudy).
– Some current events include : William Allen White of Kansas, Volstead law, Constantinople, Prohibition, Eighteenth amendment, quote from Kansas woman “I would rather the Germans should win than that my boy should learn to smoke cigarettes in the army,” Herr Stinnes, 20 million Germans in danger of starvation.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – October 4, 1923 (# 2135) – Leyendecker – Modern Witch /product/life-magazine-october-4-1923-2135-leyendecker/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:12:41 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4872 Magazine Condition : Good (minor cover soil and mild central crease)

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Cover : Lovely lady riding a vacuum cleaner like a witch on a broomstick “A Modern Witch,” art by F. X. Leyendecker.

– Full page color Michelin Cord tires ad with Michelin man posing in front of statue of knight on horse.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Forbell (Hats Off), P. L. Crosby (Skippy answers the teacher’s note), C. H. Sykes (There’s one in every class), Rea Irvin (The skeptics society, testing the theory that every cloud has a silver lining),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (The importance of being imported).
– Some current events include : Rollin Hartt’s articles about the War in the Churches, Europe is very badly off – curable but not disposed to take the treatment, On September 18th there were no newspapers printed in New York.
– And much more 1923   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – October 18, 1923 (# 2137) – Difficult Choices /product/life-magazine-october-18-1923-2137/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:09:28 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4868 Magazine Condition Choices :
Good

Fair (All Good, but spine is a bit rough, mild soil)
Fair (Generally Good, but front cover has mild soil, back cover is a bit rumpled)
If ordering a FAIR, please tell me which you prefer.

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Cover : Boy with an apple for a head standing in front of direction sign pointing to Pie Foundry to left and Cider Mill to right “Turn to the Right,” art by Oliver Herford.

– Full page color McCallum silk Hosiery ad, art by Mary MacKinnon, woman in flowing black gown.
– Full page art or cartoon art by James Montgomery Flagg (Pall Mall cigarettes ad, half art), Rollin Kirby (If I was sure that flag was a red one), McCarthy (The Intelluctuals), P. L. Crosby (When it’s a joy to be a pessimist), Charles Forbell (The next big fight), McClelland Barclay (Fisher auto body ad),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (Another International Complication).
– Some current events include : Collections of atrocities committed by French troops in the Ruhr, French policies, Black troops from French subjects in Africa, Governor Walton of Oklahoma.
– Half page art by J. R. Shaver (Your Mother’s callin’ you … three boys hiding behind fence as mother calls from yard).
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – October 25, 1923 (# 2138) – Rea Irvin – Pet Lover /product/life-magazine-october-25-1923-2138-rea-irvin/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:07:43 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4864 Magazine Condition Choices :
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Cover : Woman holding cat, with three dogs at feet, “Our Dumb Friends”, artist is probably Rea Irvin.

– Artists and cartoonists include Sullivant, Alice Harvey, Rea Irvin (full page), J. Conacher, Art Young, Don Herold, Gluyas Williams (full page), J. R. Shaver, E. McNerney, Sykes, G. Ellison Hoover and G.K.S., P.L. Crosby, A. B. Frost, Eaton, Robert Dickey, and others.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, man and woman talking on the telephone, Indian summer.
– W. K. Ziegfeld, Jr.’s humor piece on a Fancy Dress Ball.
– Overheard at the Moron club.
– Editorial topics include Stokes divorce, Mr. Lloyd George and his public appearances, M. Clemenceau, Statuary Hall, Professor John Van Dyke and the validity of the existing Rembrandts.
– The New-Voes have discovered their ancestors.
– Quarter page Milo violets ad, cigarettes.
– Small Henderson Brothers ad for German Army surplus prism binoculars.
– Gorgeous full page color Holeproof Hosiery ad with art by Coles Phillips.
– Half page art by J. R. Shaver (What are you grumbling about now … boy folded into overstuffed chair, mother reading at table to left).
– And more.

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Life Magazine – November 1, 1923 (# 2139) – Boy on Radio, Football /product/life-magazine-november-1-1923-2139/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:04:32 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4860 Magazine Condition Choices :
Good (Cover has mild crease and minor soil)
Fair (All Good, but has light cover wear and soil)

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Cover : Charming art of little boy listening to radio via head phones, art by P. L. Crosby.

– Artists and cartoonists include Charles Dana Gibson (full page),  Alice Harvey, Don Herold, Rea Irvin, C. F. Peters, Art Young, Oscar Howard, Sykes, Gluyas Williams (two page center spread – Football en Famille), Sullivant, Leavitt, Ellison Hoover + H.W.H., and others.
– Half page Bakelite or Redmanol pipes ad.
– Small Mussehl & Westphal ad for Novelty Musical Instruments.
– Half page Crichton Goldsmiths ad with George III Silver Inkstand.
– Quarter page ad for shoes with hooks for lacing.
– A Woman’s place, poem by Newman Levy.
– Fabricated fables.
– Correct ingredients for Newspaper Account of a Football Game.
– Editorial topics include Brother Pinchot, prohibition enforecement, Brother Allen of Kansas, Volstead Act, Senator Smoot, Stokes divorce case.
– Quarter page ad for the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
– Small ad for Hair Groom, men’s hair creme.
– And much more 1923   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – November 8, 1923 (# 2140) – Armistice Number /product/life-magazine-november-8-1923-2140/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:00:38 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=4858 Magazine Condition Choices :
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Cover : Abandoned military helmet, gas mask, and gun.

ARMISTICE NUMBER.
– Artists and cartoonists include Alice Harvey, Sullivant, Don Herold, Oscar Howard (full page), Rea Irvin (full page), P. L. Crosby, J. Conacher, Robert Dickey (Looks like Edwina’s cartoon dog), C. F. Peters, Sykes (full page), Nate Collier, and others.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, painting, not drawing, Another Milestone.
– Half page Heinz cooked spaghetti ad, canned with cheese and mushroom sauce.
– Prose style poem by James K. McGuinness, 1918 – 1923.
– The Twenty-dollar bill, by Corey Ford.
-Editorial topics include Germany, France, post-war Europe and American help.
– The New-Voes are so interested in art.
– Full page ad for Statler and Statler-operated hotels.
– Full page ad for Bostonians shoes for men.
– Full page color Colgate’s Rapid-shave cream ad, with clip on football player Topsy Doolittle.
– And so much more!  1923 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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