– “The Army’s mosquito expert says the person bitten should never slap the offender.  We knew pacifism was prevalent but we did not know it had penetrated so far.”
– Full page color ads for Pall Mall cigarettes.
– Full page black and white ads for Reed & Barton silverware, Budd wheel company, Raymond & Whitcomb cruise around the world, Phoenix silk socks, Chrysler cars, Fisher auto bodies, Gillette safety razor, Kelly-Springfield tires (with excellent art by Laurence Fellows), White Rock Ginger Ale.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Cooper (A Rhino rhapsody), Alfred Frueh (Said the Idea Bird to the Motor Kar Kamper), C. H. Sykes (The King can do no wrong, Prohibition, but has many similarities to the Trump administration),
– Two page centerspread art by Russell Patterson, Labor Day, all the ways people recreate.
– Some current events include : Knights of Columbus are raising a million dollars to fight Russianism in the Mexican republic, Memoirs of Herman Kohlsaat in the Philippines, August had monstrous rainfalls, Public opinion about foreign debts and poisoned alcohol.
– And much more 1926   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

Want to See More Click —>  C. H. Sykes art in 1926 LIFE magazine.

The post Life Magazine – September 2, 1926 (# 2287) – Golfers appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Chrysler Imperial (art by Frank Quail), Camel cigarettes.
– Full page black and white ads for Budd-Michelin wheels (Automobile wheels), Dodge Brothers Motor Cars (nice art, A story in Nutshells), Listerine (with photo of policeman in the rain).
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Cooper (Baa! Baa! Buffalo!), Art Young (The hunting season in hell), Richard V. Culter (How to trim a Christmas Tree),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (In place of conversation … reading at the dining table).
– Cute quarter page artwork by G. Burr Inwood showing police officer talking to drunk on ground, “I’ve been drugged, officer! Somebody put dope in that quart of wood alcohol I drank, “ … yes, definitely not politically correct now.
– Some current events include : Christmas week; Discussing how Al Smith (Catholic) would run in the South; Controversy over the religion of a presidential candidate.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – December 23, 1926 (# 2303) – Christmas appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– DUMB NUMBER.
– Full page color ads for Buick cars (with watercolor art, nice), Cantrell & Cochrane Ginger Ale.
– Full page black and white ads for Marmon (with great rainy art by Fred Mizen), Packard cars (art by Charleson, people on steps of the United States Supreme Court), Cadillac (art by Taucke ?), Kissell Motor car company, Dodge Brothers Motor Cars (with art by Timmons).
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Cooper (ode to the snail’s nails), C. H. Sykes (The month).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Studies in Natural History,” couple in natural history museum.
– Some current events include : Subway Strike; Evangelical Campaign to be called the Bishops’ Crusade; Will Al Smith be nominated for President?
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – July 29, 1926 (# 2282) – Dumb Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– TRAVEL NUMBER.
– Full page color ads for Palmer House Chicago (residential hotel accommodation), North German Lloyd transatlantic cruise ships (nice art of Columbus ship, art by Wad, F. G.?), Pierce Arrow (signature faint, probably Adolph Treidler).
– Full page black and white ads forMarmon Motor Car Company (Touring or Detouring, art by Fred Mizen), Hamiliton Watch (throttle in one hand, railroad accuracy), Reed & Barton silverware (Treasure, with art of sailing ship by Arthur Kelley), Packard (Packard Mile costs less), Cadillac (with nice art by Frank Quail), Dodge Brothers Motor Cars (art by Harry Timmons), Cunard Automobile Route special golf tours.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Harrison Cady (pair of half page artworks, The old Indian trail, yesterday and today), F. G. Cooper (Arting en route), C. H. Sykes (You’ve made a wonderful job of it … pertaining to prohibition).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “The annual demand,” wife and grown children all looking to the father for money.
– Cute half page artwork by John Held Jr. (Flapper girl noticing that all four guys have a bottle of liquor in their back pocket, “Four out of five have it.”).
– Some current events include : Prohibition; Prediction of collapse of the League of Nations; Prediction of resumption off competitive armaments; Europe is not very happy.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1926 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

The post Life Magazine – April 8, 1926 (# 2266) – Travel Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– AUTOMOBILE NUMBER (much pertains to cars – FUN!).
– Full page color ads for Sheaffer’s pens, Dupont Duco (great art of car in night time winter scene, signed but not quite legible … G. C. Peak? Do you know this artist?), Beech-Nut fruit drops.
– Full page black and white ads for Hupmobile six (with art of the car), Clicquot Club Ginger Ale, Haldeman-Julius Company books (of Girard, Kansas), Reed & Barton silverware,  Grebe Synchrophase (radio), Body by Fisher (for cars, art by McClelland Barclay), Statler Hotels.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Alfred Frueh (The first covered wagon show : Brigham Young thinks of buying a little town car for family use … huge long covered wagon for a huge Mormon family), C. H. Sykes (Land Ho!  Uncle Sam clinging to the sinking remains of the Ship Prohibition as Bootlegger sharks circle and the Land of Moderation is within sight).
– Some current events include : The World Court, Prohibition, Mr. Borah, Frank Munsey had unquestionable gifts as a newspaper publisher, Pennsylvania is not producing enough coal.
– Cute half page artwork by John Held, Jr., “Putting on a lot of dog,” Convertible car with one human and six dogs.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1926 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – January 7, 1926 (# 2253) – Automobile Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Wills Sainte Claire (lovely art of green car on yellow background with terrier dog and geese), Pall Mall cigarettes.
– Full page black and white ads for Kissel cars (All-year coupe roadster, with top that can be lowered for fine days), Elco motor cruising boats, Grebe Synchrophase (a radio), Seald Sweet grapefruit (some color, simple art by Ethel McClellan Plummer).
– Full page art or cartoon art by John Held Jr. (The home life of the tennis champ), Ellison Hoover (two pages : An impression of Athens by one who has never been there), C. H. Sykes (Step by step, Uncle Sam climbing out of politics, prejudice and misunderstanding onto a ledge marked “World Court” and reaching higher toward the League of Nations), Robert L. Dickey (A simple philosophy … dog being happy to be a dog).
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Movie Struck.
– Some current events include : Mr. Secretary Mellon who is chairman of the American Debt Commission, Floods in Europe, Wayne B. Wheeler is the General Counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, Great Britain raised the price of rubber.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – January 21, 1926 (# 2255) – Last Match in a Blizzard appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Willys-Knight (A distinguished society matron records a motoring predilecton), GORGEOUS Coca-Cola ad (with art by Fred Mizen of elderly couple dressed in white toasting each other against a dark green background, Through all the years since 1886).
– Full page black and white ads for Parker Duofold desk sets, Hamilton Watch (the watch of railroad accuracy), Mimeograph, Eastman Kodak, Gillette safety razor (629 out of 761 railroad men agreed).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Don Herold (The comic strip laboratory at the school of journalism), Gluyas Williams (The virtuoso who couldn’t practice unless surrounded by the Concert Hall atmosphere … people in his house hold sneezing, dropping things, etc.), C. H. Sykes (The battle of Paris, 1926 … our idiots versus theirs), Bruce Bairnsfather (The Explorers’ Home : an urgent need now that there’s no place left to explore), Edwina (Sinbad : the tough guy.  Edwina, who is famous for her dog cartoons, is Frances Edwina Dumm.).
– Fascinating Crimes by Robert Benchley, 1. The Odd Occurrence in the Life of Dr. Meethas, illustrated with wood-cuts by John Held Jr.
– Some current events include : Reverend Walter Wynn of England predicts a big happening on the 20th of July, The fall of the French Franc, 36 dead in Buffalo and Toronto and Lockport from wood alcohol, 13 dead in West Virginia from the falling of a suspension bridge, The nations of Europe need to compose something that will be like the United State of Europe (Euro zone idea 90 years ago), Foreign war debts, Ruction with the Catholic church in Mexico.
– One third page photo of boys and tents at Life’s Fresh Air Camps.
– And so much more!  1926 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – August 12, 1926 (# 2284) – Knee-high to a Grasshopper appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – November 4, 1926 (# 2296) – Odd Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Date on cover is December 1926.
– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (a FAT issue with 76 pages and extra color).
– Full page color ads for Parker Duofold Desk sets (artist is possibly Winslow), Marlboro cigarettes (nice dressing room art), Gillette razors, Roger & Gallet Flerus d’amour perfume, Ipswich Hosiery (Nice art by The Reeses), Tareyton cigarettes (fox hunting art), Coty, Seald Sweet tangerines, Willy-Knight, Marmon cars.
– Full page ads for Grebe Synchrophase (art by Raymond Thayer), Douglas Lighter), Gorham silversmiths, Brooks Brothers, Martini & Rossi (art by Shanks, Santa Claus at No 10 loses job and whiskers), Isher Bodies (art by McClelland Barclay), Locomobile, White Rock Ginger Ale.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Milt Gross (Mine Dollink Tsenta Cluss), Fred G. Cooper (Ballyhoo!), H. T. Webster (The girl who wrapped up 48,979 parcels), Charles Dana Gibson (Art is long), John Held, Jr. (Do you know that red stuff on your lips will give one septicaemia?), C. H. Sykes (Samuel), Ellison Hoover (Raising blue-blooded tractors on a tractor farm in Kentucky), L. T. Holton (Don’t open till Christmas).
– Life’s polar expedition hops off again!
– Some current events include : Peace and good will, Christmas spirit, Paying off the debt, Maintaining a proper military force, Harvard and Princeton and football.
– And much more 1926   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – December 2, 1926 (# 2300) – Coles Phillips, Christmas appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – December 9, 1926 (# 2301) – Boater Spying Girl on Shore, Girl who Fainted at Frat Party appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.