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Life Magazine – November 5, 1914 (# 1671) – Thanksgiving

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:16:17 +0000

Cover : Man and woman at fancy Thanksgiving dinner, in evening clothes with private entertainers, “The Pilgrims’ Progress,” art by Paul Stahr.

– THANKSGIVING NUMBER.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker Red Label Whisky ad), William H. Walker (Let U.S. give thanks that it isn’t ..), Orson Lowell (Instead of condemning the women for wearing their evening gowns so low in the back), F. T. Richards (October), Charles Forbell (The spirit of 1914).
– Neat half page art by Gerard C. Delano, “The annual Thanksgiving Festival at Hollywood Glen.”
– Two page centerspread art by C. Broughton “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad”, with Rheims cathedral.
– Some current events and such include : Captain Disco Troop and cod, Germans, Becky Edelson’s disinclination to eat in jail, Vivisection of the railroads, Joseph H. Choate, the Great War.
– Excellent Full page color Vanity Fair ad, most of it is a reproduction of the November 1914 cover with art by Frank X. Leyendecker, ballerina being kissed by a jester.
– And much more 1914 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – November 12, 1914 (# 1672) – Native Americans Canoeing

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:14:51 +0000

Cover : Lovely autumn scene with Indian man paddling in birch bark canoe as Indian woman sits on shore, “Indian Summer,” art by Power O’Malley.

– Full page color ad for Churchill’s restaurant on Broadway at 49th street, art not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Daniel Frey (San Diego Exposition ad), Orson Lowell (Possession is nine points of the law …), W. O. Wilson (landscape format : Voice of his bride at the other end …), William H. Walker (An’ the gobble-uns ‘ll git you), Mark Fenderson (Games of chance),
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson, “A new star,” girl training on horseback at the circus.
– Truly horrible half page artwork of blind man telling his dog to take him home now, but the dog collar is empty and the dog has been stolen by vivisectionists, art by Frank Stick.
– Some current events include : Efforts of German apologists in this country, Nobody seems able to endure German rule but Germans, Collapse of cotton market, World wide unrest, Immediate opportunity to succor the distressed Belgians.
– Full page color Great White Fleet ad, United Fruit Company Steamship Service, lovely sea view art, “With the wonders of the tropics before us …”, not signed.
– Full page color Rauch & Lang Electric cars ad with art.
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – November 19, 1914 (# 1673) – Discovery of Grape Juice

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:13:34 +0000

Cover : A young satyr eating grapes, “The discovery of Grape juice,” art by H. D. Speakman.

– Full page color Bull Durham smoking tobacco ad, artwork not signed, men at dance.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky ad), W. O. Wilson (Seven days), Harry Grant Dart (History as it might have been, King Arthur and his round table), Rea Irvin (Clubs we do not care to join, the Little-Deeds-of-Kindness Club), W. O. Wilson (When the dear things get their rights)
– Another beautiful Willys-overland ad, this one in black and white, includes unsigned art of woman in striped skirt sitting on running board.
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker “If he wins.”
– Some current events include : Election already almost forgotten, Mr. Wilson is still President, Victory of Whitman and Wadsworth in New York, Indictment of the New Haven directors, Suffragists won in the big mountain mining states of Montana and Nevada, Washington Oregon and Colorado voted FOR prohibition, California rejected prohibition, California abolishes prize fighting, Rockefeller Foundation, Belgians need relief, Germans and war.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – November 26, 1914 (# 1674) – Befriending a Skunk

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:12:11 +0000

Cover : Extremely lovely art of couple at sunset coaxing a skunk to come to them, “A Dangerous acquaintance,” art by Victor C. Anderson.

– Full page color White Motor Cars ad with excellent artwork pertaining to Army – Navy football game, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Orson Lowell (William promised me he wouldn’t touch tobacco until he came of age), William H. Walker (Lest we forget), Rea Irvin (Clubs we do not care to join, The war experts), J. Conacher (Ain’t ye ‘shamed o’ yerself, Mike Clancy?), Angus MacDonall (Return of the prodigal daughter, landscape format).
– Two page color centerspread art which is “A map of Europe revised for permanent peace,” Belgium, Luxemburg and France have been stretched east to eliminate Germany and Austria.
– Some current events include : Advantage the USA government has in being able to back track easily, Railroad reform, Interstate Commerce Commission, Bernard Shaw, Cost of dreadnaughts, loss of the Audacious.
– Lovely full page color Vanity Fair ad with reproduction of cover for December 1914, Spanish couple dancing, not signed.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 3, 1914 (# 1675) – Stahr – Christmas, Santa and Poor

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:09:50 +0000

Cover : Santa Claus holding empty gift bag behind his back and being beseeched by poor children, “The Empty Bag,” art by Paul Stahr, he may have just come from doing a house party at the rich house behind him.

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (extra FAT issue with lots of color, 87 pages).
– Full page color ads for Fatima Turkish cigarettes (art by John H. Henrici), Victrola (art by Norman Price), Columbia graphophone (nice silhouette art, not signed), San Diego Exposition (two pages : art by Charles Daniel Frey), Great Western Champagne (art by E. W. Pirson), McCallum Silk Hosiery (not signed, man with bulldog), Reed & Barton Heppelwhite silverware, G. F. Heublein Club Cocktails, Cook’s Imperial champagne, Hamilton Watch Compapny, Daniel Green Felt Shoe company, Tuxedo tobacco, Great White Fleet, Pierce-arrow, Kodak.
– Gorgeous full page color Egyptian deities cigarettes ad with Santa smoking in front of fire, not signed.
– Full page ads for Johnnie Walker Whiskey (art by Leo Cheney), Detroit springs, Good Year tires, Westinghouse Electric appliances, Old Hampshire Bond stationery,
– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (Almost forgotten, Santa pulling up for a final child), Charles Dana Gibson (A girl in Tipperary), not signed (Treasure Island, boy reading hair-raising story in bed), W. O. Wilson (Police Officer Dugan : Here’s where Oi make a sneak, it’s me own landlord … boys throwing snow balls at a man), James Montgomery Flagg (two pages PLUS several more partial pages : Life’s pictorial history of the United States), Hermann Carl Wall (two pages : Looking forward, looking backward), F. T. Richards (November), Harrison Cady (Where are the makers of the toy soliders), Gordon Grant (You’re an awful old fake, Santa, but we like you just the same), R. W. Manning (Light)
– Full page color art by Calvert, “The price of a joke,” pilgrim carrying a lighted Jack-o-lantern is shot by an Indian.
– Full page color art by Bert Sharkey, “Who’s afraid?”, puppy and two kittens meeting at bowl of milk.
– A plea to Santa Claus by John Kendrick Bangs.
– Christmas Music, by G. K. Chesterton.
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson (I believe), “A modern generation,” Santa standing with gift bag in undecorated room and two uninterested children reading.
– And much more 1914 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – December 17, 1914 (# 1677) – Americans Ally with British

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:08:29 +0000

Cover : American Eagle and British Lion watching sunset with colors of the American and British flags, “Good sunset, isn’t it?”, art by A. D. Blashfield.

– Full page color Pierce-Arrow Motor Car ad, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker whisky ad), Orson Lowell (landscape format : Papa’s continuous performance), William H. Walker (The Gorilla that walks like a man … fierce Germany over-running and carrying off Belgium),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton, “Her first centennial,” Peace 1814-1914 between USA and Great Britain.
– Some current events include : Representative Augustus Gardner, We are slack in military preparedness, Hope is still high that the Germans will not conquer Canada, The Great War, “This blessed process of assisting Germany to alight from her high horse is steadily proceeding.”
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 31, 1914 (# 1679) – New Year

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:05:52 +0000

Cover : Young, self-important 1915 upstaging old 1914, “The star of the evening,” art by Angus MacDonall.

– Humorous 2/3 page artwork by Orson Lowell of man in car chasing people off the road, “Yes, I find there’s nothing like a motor for giving me ideas for new dance steps.”
– Unusual but excellent small artwork by Anthony Euwer, The Wart-Hog.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Daniel Frey (San Diego Exposition ad), Charles Forbell (Dreadnoughts … view of ships sinking to bottom of ocean), F. T. Richards (December), Rea Irvin (Clubs we do not care to join : the prison poets’ club).
– Two page centerspread art by F. Foster Lincoln (At least they can dance).
– Some current events include : Absolutely unrelenting anti-German feeling expressed in the paper, Plight of the Belgians, The war just now is very tedious, Brother Hamilton Holt, Armament arguments.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – October 1, 1914 (# 1666) – Acting, Theater

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:03:53 +0000

Cover : Dancers casting a shadow on the curtain behind them, “Coming Events,” art by Lejaren a Hiller.

– DRAMATIC NUMBER (much on acting, plays, stage, etc).
– Full page color ad for VOGUE with reproduction of cover of Autumn Pattern number, October 1, 1914, Helen Dryden.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky ad), Hermann Carl Wall (pair of full page illustrations, An Only Child, Only a Child), Rea Irvin (Clubs we do not care to join : the Stage Children’s Club), Orson Lowell (But, Doctor, you said I was to humor the patient …).
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall “Where Love Is”, cowboy and girl on horseback on empty prairie, imagining their future together there.
– Some current events include : Foundling war going on in Europe, German General Staff, Rheims Cathedral battered and burned, Germans worse than Vandals and Huns, Mexico.
– Full page color McCallum silk hosiery ad with simple art of gentleman choosing hosiery from a box held by a young sales boy.
– And much more 1914 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – October 8, 1914 (# 1667) – Homework Help

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:02:32 +0000

Cover : Cute art of little boy asking his father for help with his Latin lesson, “Putting it up to Father,” art by Richard Culter. The father, as most parents would, looks really worried

– Full page color Colgate’s cold cream ad in lilac and pastels, lovely art, probably by George Brehm.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Crawford Young (partial page : cute rock climbing art where daughter and beau are on top of cliff, helping struggling father who is still on the face : The Opportunist, by the way, Sir, I wish to marry your daughter), C. W. Kahles (Landscape format : The average subscriber’s idea of a telephone exchange), Harrison Cady (two half page panels : Real Estate – unimproved and improved.), Rea Irvin (The millennium : ceremony commemorating the abolishment of the after-dinner speech).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Looking over his latest investment,” father inspecting his new son-in-law.
– Some current events include : It will be interesting unscrambling Europe when the fighting is over, The Great War, Germany, Outrage and mutilation of women in Belgium, Villa and Carranza in Mexico, President proposes a three year truce to miners and coal companies in Colorado.
– Lovely full page color Pierce-Arrow ad, Upon service you build your daily plans …, art by R. C.
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – October 15, 1914 (# 1668) – Stahr – Love in the Laboratory

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:00:38 +0000

Cover : Very charming scene of man and woman embracing in the laboratory, “Another great discovery,” art by Paul Stahr. Perfect for the chemist!

– Full page color ad for Churchill’s restaurant on Broadway at 49th street, art not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker whisky), C. F. Peters (If some of those who inherit money had to earn their own living), Charles Dana Gibson (Don’t you ever get tired of having me in your lap, dear?), Rea Irvin (Clubs we do not care to join : club for the retired sons of indulgent fathers), Charles Daniel Frey (San Diego Exposition ad).
– Two page centerspread art by Robert John Wildhack, “The deification of the dividend.”
– Some current events include : We ought to get into this European war harder, Terrible plight of the Belgians, Foreign relief, Battle on the Aisne.
– Very unusual and lovely full page color Columbia graphophone company ad with family in black silhouette and landscape beyond in color, not signed.
– Much more.

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