– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (a very FAT issue with great content).
– Full page color ads for Fatima cigarettes, Williams Holder Top Shaving Stick, Belle Mead Sweets (lovely art), Columbia Grafonola, La Montagne’s Sons wines and liqueurs (two pages), Daniel Green Felt Show company, A. A. Vantine and Company Oriental Store, Garford Six car ad (art by R. F. S., possibly Schabelitz), Goodrich tires, Pierce-Arrow Cars (art by Frank X. Leyendecker), Kodak.
– Full page color artwork by Charles Broughton (J. Frost, painter), Victor C. Anderson (Love or Pie?).
– Lots of full page ads and car ads not listed here.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Orson Lowell (Smoking Jackets?), Sanford Tousey (Christmas as it is not), Harrison Cady (‘tis an ill wind that blows nobody good), Mark Fenderson (If money could buy these things), F. T. Richards (November), C. Clyde Squires (Two pages : Two kinds of hunger), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : decoying woodpeckers for the manufacture of Bird’s eye maple), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : Confetti throwing in Russia), B. Cory Kilvert (six panels … The First …), William Merle Allison (Homesick), S (Peter’s Milk Chocolate).
– Winning caption in Life’s contest goes to George A. McCarter of Roxbury, Massachusetts, “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
– Very charming strip artwork by Herbert Merill Wilder “If happiness came as readily as it did when we were young.”
– Full page Gillette Safety Razor “Gift suggestion, Christmas only a few days away” ad, art style looks like J. C. Leyendecker, but it is not signed.
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall (Twas the night before Christmas … elderly couple remembering their children hanging stockings).
– Some current events include : Merry Christmas!, includes long poem by the editor Edward S. Martin.
– Half page Santa Fe railroad California Limited ad with artwork signed NM, likely Neysa McMein.
– And much more 1912   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

– Full page color Waverley Electric car ad, The silent Waverley Limousine Four, excellent art, not signed.
– Full page Locomobile car ad with cowboy on horse giving directions to five people in a Locomobile Little Six Touring Car on the Mohave desert.
– Full page Buffalo electric vehicle ad,
– Full page art or cartoon art by Harrison Cady (1850 The Hide Hunters), Harrison Cady (1912 The Food Hunters), Rea Irvin (A compendium of timely information : How to disrobe in an upper berth), Alexander Popini (part text, Alco trucks ad, American Locomotive Company).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (Advice to the mentally feeble : go back to the stable as soon as possible).
– Some current events include : Accidents on the New Haven railroad (owned by Mr. Morgan), Mr. Charles Mellen, Monopolies, Andrew Carnegie and steel, Pardon of Patrick by Governor Dix.
– Full page color El Principe de Gales Havana Cigars ad.
– Full page color Rauch & Lang Electrics car ad, State Coach of Cosimo Third Duke de Medici.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

– Full page color Pierce-Arrow Motor Car ad, signed but illegible.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Harrison Cady (At bay : the serpent of the East).
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall “Asleep at the post,” Santa finding little girl asleep in front of the fire place.
– Half page artwork by Charles Forbell, another fantastic flying ship, “If Noah had postponed his little trip.”
– Some current events include : Mr. Thomas Ryan and politicians (he must be the equivalent of a lobbyist), New Haven railroad, Recent political elections.
– Many other smaller artworks and ads.
– Much more.

– WIDOWS’ NUMBER.
– Full page color Stevens-Duryea cad ad with autumn scene and Egyptian pillar.
– Full page Locomobile ad with Little Six and terraced hills of San Juan Pass, California.
– Full page art or cartoon art by William H. Walker (Engaged : Wedding March 4, 1913), Harrison Cady (two pages : Life’s matrimonial side show without and within), Orson Lowell (We print no names, but a certain woman is going to have a new figure before sundown).
– Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell “Widows” (one is young and pretty and surrounded by men, one is older, work-worn, with three children, and no men in attendance).
– Some current events include : Mr. Brandeis, The Sherman law, Testimony of Mary Goode a prostitute tells about the protection money demanded by policemen, Regulation of prostitution coming?
– Full page poem by Irving Dillon, “Speaking of Widows.”
– Full page color Pall Mall cigarettes ad with gift box of them and holly background.
– Much more.

– DRAMATIC NUMBER (much on theater, acting and such).
– Full page part color Cook’s Imperial Extra Dry Champagne ad.
– WOW!! : Four Beautiful full page color Baker Electric, Baker Motor Vehicle company ads, one page each for Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Forbell (Grand Opera : when we have to economize), many other smaller artworks.
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson, man leading horse and buggy with wife in it has stopped to gaze at a circus billboard, “David, we’d best be getting into church.”
– Some current events include : Henry E. Allott of Chicago (Bunk Allott) who invented pink lemonade has died, Edward Calahan of Brooklyn is dead (invented the stock ticker and the District Telegraph call-box), Mr. George Moore announces that we are at the end of the artistic age, Current politics.
– Full page color Principe de Gales Havana Cigars ad with great art.
– Full page color Belle Mead Sweets ad with nice art.
– And much more 1912   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

– Full page color Pebeco Tooth Paste with Litmus paper test.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Fred Pegram (Sanatogen ad), Leighton Budd (Conquering the air … art looks like a skull, airplane and two hot air balloons about to collide), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : Hunting camel’s hair undershirts in the Caucasus), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : A spelling bee in Wales).
– Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell (Better Halves in Utah : the first shall be last and the last first … man with five ever younger wives), polygamy, Mormons.
– Some current events include : Mr. Sulzer is the democratic nominee for mayor of New York, Tammany, Democrats meet at Syracuse, People trying to expose Mr. Hearst for bad deeds.
– Full page Columbia phonograph ad with comedians Weber and Fields.
– Much more.

– INDIAN SUMMER NUMBER.
– Very lovely full page color Waverley Sheltered Roadster card ad, the silent electric, red car, capitol building, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by William H. Walker (Yond’ Cassius has a lean and hungry look), Orson Lowell (He loves me, he loves me not), Arthur Lewis (The eternal barrier : BUT), W.C. (Fisk tires ad).
– Two page centerspread art (vertical format) by Harrison Cady (Le Penseur, New York … a man in the pose of The Thinker sitting on top of a skyscraper on looking down on the chaos in Times Square, artwork features the Times Tower, One Times Square.
– Some current events include : Crimes of violence in New York, Colonel Roosevelt shot in the chest in Milwaukee, Baseball player Snodgrass muffed a fly in the tenth inning, Price of beef, Tariffs.
– Half page Winchester hammerless repeating shotgun ad with art of man holding the gun in a city scene.
– MANY excellent car ads.
– Much more.

– THANKSGIVING NUMBER.
– Full page color Colgate’s Cold Cream ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Harry Grant Dart (landscape format art of wonderful airship : Overdue).
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker (The Progressional : the te ( r ) deum will still be sung).
– Some current events include : Colonel Roosevelt survived the gunshot (mentioned in Life 10-31-1912) due to his spectacle case, Presidential election, The Becker trial, The Pankhursts, the Balkans.
– Half page Santa Fe Railroad, California Limited ad, art signed M.N. or N.M., style looks like Neysa McMein.
– Rather lovely half page art by H. Amphion Markle (A thousand years), two cavemen looking at airplane.
– Full page color Stevens-Duryea motor car ad, 7 passenger car with waterway and capitol building in back, art not signed.
– Many auto ads.
– And much more 1912   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

– HORSE SHOW NUMBER (much on horses).
– Full page color Rauch & Lang Electrics car ad, Rauch and Lang Carriage company, State coach of Philip IVth of Spain.
– Interesting full page U-S-L Storage Battery ad, U.S. Light & Heating company.
– Nice full page Locomobile car ad with Little Six Torpedo in front of building with lovely brown stone archways.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (October).
– Very curious half page artwork “A plan for remodeling New York : for the benefit of visitors coming up the harbor,” skyline re-done to look like man holding his hands up like “go away”, not signed.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson “Among those not invited.”
– Some current events include : Presidential elections, Roosevelt vs. Taft, Vice-president Sherman.
– Lots of car ads.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

– DOCTORS’ NUMBER (much on the medical profession and healing).
– Full page color Fatima Turkish blend cigarettes with very pretty art of young man walking a Borzoi dog.
– Many car ads.
– Interesting Bauer Chemical company ad, “An oasis of health and strength in the desert of nervous exhaustion,” signed but illegible.
– Lovely full page Abbott-Detroit motor company ad, with excellent art, not signed.
– One third page Colt revolver gun ad with policeman.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Harrison Cady (Advertising Pays … skeleton sign painter making sign for Patent medicine), Orson Lowell ($5,000?), T. S. Allen (Which kind is your doctor?).
– Full page Gillette Safety Razor “Christmas List gift suggestion” ad, art style looks like J. C. Leyendecker, but it is not signed.
– Two page centerspread art by Herbert Merill Wilder “A noted vivisector is greeted at the pearly gates by some of his victims.”
– Some current events include : Presidential election, Dr. Wilson is the first highbrow to be elected President.
– Full page color Baker Electrics can ad, New Coupe the whole country is talking about.
– Much more.