The post Life Magazine – November 2, 1916 (# 1775) – Honorable Dog. appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for The Great White Fleet (The call of the Caribbean, with art including Toucans), Fatima cigarettes (nice ad in mostly blue and white).
– Some of the other full page ads : White Company cars (with nice art by Teale, includes artist’s glyph that looks like crossed angle irons), Franco-American soups, The Hollenden hotel in Cleveland (half page, includes photo of the Red Room).
– Advertisements you have never seen, such as Shakemupp Shock-absorbers.
– Full page art or cartoon art by G. B. Inwood (Bachelors’ job in Hades : pushing baby carriage full of devil babies up a never ending hill).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, A review of the summer campaign, young lady day-dreaming about all her conquests.
– Small photo of Andre Colin, baby number 27, his father and his widowed mother  (aid to war orphans).
– Some current events include : A large proportion of the voters are trying to forgive themselves for voting as they did, There were very persuasive reasons against voting for either candidate (Wilson and Hughes), Bandits in Mexico.
– “There probably never was a presidential election in this country in which so many voters voted for a man they didn’t want.”
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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– Full page color ads for Willys Knight Touring Sedan (with nice art by Herbert Andrew Paus, with woman driving), Cole Motor Car company (With Excellent winter scene art with blue car, toboggan and skis), Woodbury’s soap (art of lady looking in mirror, Examine your skin closely tonight, signed but not quite legible, last name ends in CHER, first name ends in Y).
– Some of the other full page ads : Barley Motor Car Company (The Roamer, with art), John Walker Red Label whiskey (With art by Leo Cheney), Locomobile Car company (with art), Good Year tires (with nice art of New York’s fifth avenue at Hotel Plaza, art by R.C.).
– Full page art or cartoon art by William H. Walker (Heard at the club), Charles A. Voiht (The Theorist : Singing), Charles Dana Gibson (Time 3am : Young Soapley to his chaperon, Just one more dance?).
– Letters from a Japanese Schoolboy : the Togo currency system, by Hashimura Togo.
– Two page centerspread art by Calvert, “Reported Missing,” wrecked framework of dirigible with skeletons hanging from it, lost in space.
– Small photos of war orphans Simone Pottier (# 319), Marcel Plichon (#318), Marie Dinville (# 359), and Louis Vinges (#325).
– Some current events include : A very close election, Wilson won.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – November 23, 1916 (# 1778) – Doubts of Novice Nun appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – November 30, 1916 (# 1779) – Dreaming of Being a Soldier appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (an extra FAT holiday issue).
– Full page color ads for : Fatima cigarettes, Victrola, Great Western Champagne, Great White Fleet (call of the Caribbean with Toucans), Gordon Dry Gin (with dainty service), Whitman’s chocolates (with gorgeous art of little girl doing Whitman’s sampler cross-stitch), Ramses cigarettes, Rigaud perfumes (Art, when the Queen of Sheba), Liquor cabinet with various liquors like Strathdon whisky, Durham Duplex Razors, Columbia Grafonola (ye olde minstrelle outdone), McCallum Silk Hosiery (art of doorman and delivery boy by M. C. Woodbury), Egyptian Deities cigarettes (Great art of Santa in snow storm, not signed), Cook’s Imperial wine (signed with D with an arrow through it), Simplex automobile company (impressive and unusual art by Louis Fancher), Gordon Scotch Whisky, Club Cocktails (nice art), Skookum Apples (art by Arthur P. Rule), Barton & Guestier wines, Pierce Arrow motor cars (Science, art by Vaderente), Kodak (with color photo, A happy Christmas thought).
– Some of the other full page ads : Exide Battery / Electric storage Battery  Company (a curious ad with art of a bunch of little guys in checkered pants, sure looks like the style of Maxfield Parrish, but isn’t.  Signature not quite legible.  First name Roy, last name ends in SON), White Rock mineral water, Krementz men’s jewelry, Johnny Walker whiskey (art by Leo Cheney), Onyx Silk hosiery (art by Malcolm Strauss, Emery-Beers company), Liberty Motor Car Company, Hamilton watch Company (with four trains and engineers Thomas Loftus, James Bailey, Lewis C. Henry, and William S. Hair), Costume jewelry by Ostby and Barton company, Old Hampshire Bond Stationery, Havone cigarette cases, Kerr buckles and belts, Sonora Phonograph, Republic Motor Truck company, Ohio Electric Car company,
– Full page art or cartoon art by Birch (Hard Lines), Crawford Young (A Christmas celebration in 1975 : burning Santa in effigy), Charles Dana Gibson (Just a sketch about nothing in particular), Calvert (The return of the prodigal), Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde days : Ye excuse Sir Galahad gave hys spouse for coming home late.), (In ye goode olde days : ye return from ye stagge affaire), (Ye quiet lyttel supper), (Ye trystynge place), F. T. Richards (November), Dan Smith (COLOR : Please, O Santa Claus, Don’t forget the roller skates, Amen), John Coleman Terry (COLOR, Aladdin and his wonderful lamp … probably right Terry), Rea Irvin (Two pages, The amateur theatricals), F. Foster Lincoln (landscape format, Three generations from shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves), Herbert Johnson (Evolution),
– Eight photos with war orphans : Jeanne Devienne (#358), Jeanne and Simone Robert (# 289 and 290), Madeleine Gaucherin (#313), Juliette and Odette Sauton (# 344 and 345), Marie Maguer (# 374), Jeanne Renou (# 321), Sadia Jacob (# 316), Henri Bontet (# 342), often with some family members.
– Poem by Arthur Guiterman, Don’t Open Till Xmas.
– Schedule of a married man’s pre-Christmas activities, by K. L. Roberts.
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson, Fallen Among Thieves, Santa has fallen from his sleigh in snowy woods and little kids are running off with all the toys.
– Some current events include : The Great War, World domination attempt by the Germans, US President has not yet committed to joining the war,
– And much more 1916   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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– Full page color Willys Knight Touring Sedan ad (blue car, lady in fancy coat tipping young boy.  This winter – next summer), Murad Turkish cigarettes ad (great art of Uncle Sam and Christmas theme, not signed), Richmond Straight Cut cigarettes ad (Ice skating art by Herb Roth).
– Full page ads for Winton Six cars, Locomobile Cars (Winter exhibitions), Studebaker cars.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker Red Label whiskey ad), Harrison Cady (The beautiful snow reaches our village), George Watson Barratt (two pages : Games of chance … gambling, gold prospecting, fishing, marriage), Charles A. Voight (The theorist : lighting a fire).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, The desire to join the Allies seizes Mr. Swallow.
– Small photos of French babies Gabrielle Bourreau (# 30), Alert Buisson (# 296) and Roland Lefevre (# 143).
– Some current events include : Liebknecht is not yet Chancellor of Germany and he is in jail now for crying “peace” before Germany was ready, English premier Lloyd George is a dictator in all but name, Total American assets listed as $320 Billion by Currency Controller John Shelton Williams, Folks in the western part of the USA don’t give nearly as much to the war effort as the east, The ships Marina and Arabia have been sunk without the formalities agreed upon by the German government.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – December 21, 1916 (# 1782) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color Haut Sauternes wine ad, Barton & Guestier.
– Very interesting full page American Chain Company ad with car accidents portrayed inside dice, signed, looks like YOOK or OYKO.
– Full page art or cartoon art by A. B. Walker (Some new year’s resolutions), Harrison Cady (The skating season opens on the old frog pond), Harry Grant Dart (I got some more Americans that time), F. T. Richards (December), Charles Dana Gibson (Say when), Crawford Young (How the average man would like to start the new year).
– Two page centerspread art by Paul Stahr (Their Hired man at work).
– Some current events include : Germany proposed negotiations for peace, League to Enforce Peace, Professor Munsterberg, Bill reducing the pneumatic tube service in New York, Postmaster General will be handling mail by truck.
– 631 babies thus far have been kept with their French mothers due to contributions by Life’s readers, includes photos of Lucienne Berard and Denise Cottenet with mother and sister.
– Interesting full page color Jeffery, the Modern Sedan, Nash Motors Company ad with art.
– Very nice full page color Rauch & Lang Electrics car ad, Baker R & L Company, art by C. Everett Johnson.
– Much more.

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