– Full page color ads for Richmond Straight Cut cigarettes (with art of firemen in a parade by Herb Roth), Gordon Dry Gin, Rauch & Lang Electric (very nice art by C. Everett Johnson).
– Small photos of French war orphans : Raymond Wack (Baby 470), Maurice Lafontaine (&36), Juliet Haunet (864), Suzanne Bissonnier (857), and Micheline Morlet (9).
– Full page black and white ads for Michelin (with art by Arthur Edrop), John Walker & Sons (Johnnie Walker Red Label, art by Leo Cheney), White Company (White Sixteen valve 4, with art by Teale), Chandler Motor Car Company (excellent art by Signed with an fancy signature but I can’t find it in another reference, perhaps H W. Crompton), Velvet tobacco (with fun art), Havoline oil (pour this oil on the troubled sea).
– Full page art or cartoon art by William L. Jacobs (Why, Helen, I think eleven proposals in one week is positively immodest), Paul Reilly (the biography of a little joke), Charles Dana Gibson (Congratulations … Lady Liberty shaking the hand of President Woodrow Wilson, presumably for joining the war effort), Reginald Bathhurst Birch (Don’t you read the papers?),
– Another piece by the chief editoral writer pertaining to getting into the European war, but late.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton, “Welcome Russia!” Lady Liberty on the Russian Bear, pertaining to Russians helping in the war effort.
– Some current events include : The conscription bill is on its triumphant way through Congress; Marshal Joffre of France is due to visit the USA soon; French envoys say Send some troops soon and let their final training be done on French soil; Includes a small artwork of Uncle Sam cultivating a field of rifles with bayonets (Ought to be a record crop by fall, art by Harrison Cady).
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1917 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

The post Life Magazine – May 10, 1917 (# 1802) – Norman Rockwell appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Murad Cigarettes (Autumn golfing scene), Vanity Fair magazine (cover of October 1917 issue, art by Raymond Crawford Ewer (I think)), Chase Plush Motor Car Robes (nice art).
– Half page ad for W. L. Douglas shoes with art pertaining to his move to Black Hawk, Colorado.
– Full page black and white ads for Waltham watches (art pertaining to use of Waltham clocks in the Waterloo Railroad Station in London), Mimeograph (with photo of office scene), Locomobile, Frankin enclosed cars (art by Laurence Fellows), Doubleday, Page and Company (with art by DeAlton Valentine).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Ellison Hoover (two pages, “The worms will turn,” the populace is angry that congress has delayed the war effort … I think!), Charles Dana Gibson (His turn to chop, Uncle Sam chopping down the German war tree), Charles Dana Gibson (He meant well), Charles Forbell (if the speed laws were strictly enforced)
– Two page centerspread art by Paul Stahr, “The Gamblers, two of a kind,” diamond, heart, club, spade.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Georgette Binet (Baby 1078), Auguste Dagorn (1035) with her mother and brothers (5 kids!), Suzanne Gervaiseau (1612), The Bonin family (Anne (1077) Denise (1021, died may 29^th), Renee (1022).
– Quarter page portrait of Hohenzoller by S. Delevante.
– Some current events include : We have no doubt that the Germans will eventually be squashed; Dr. Harry Stuermer escapes to Europe and writes a book about the German slaughter of Armenian in Turkey; Awful German General Staff; Many German violations of the laws of war; Training camps are filling up with good soldier material; At the moment it seems to be the Italians who are doing the most brilliant fighting.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – September 27, 1917 (# 1822) – Troops to France appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Michelin (curved tire tubes, art by Arthur N. Edrop), Chesterfield cigarettes (nice art of man with flowing blue neck cloth, art by Donald Gardner), Pall Mall cigarettes (Allies).
– Full page black and white ads for Marathon Tire & Rubber (hand made tires), Liberty Motor Car Company (Liberty closed cars, with photos), Gillette Safety Razor Company (Gillete U.S. Service Set, with nice art of soldier and sailor).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Broughton (Where the varmint belongs, skin of German leader tacked up on shed wall), Alexander Popini (Lost his dance partner, Mole in the small of her back).
– Literary editor’s column is about Evert Jansen Wendell, college man.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Did he die in vain?”, looks like a Dutch or Belgian man just killed by Germany.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Lucienne Lamar (Baby 727), Maurice Villedieu (Brother of baby 56, shown with his hoop), Madeleine Thirion (626) with her mother and sisters.
– Some current events include : Riga has fallen to the Germans; Goods have been found on Sweden (cheating neutrality); Dudley Field Malone has resigned as Collector of the Port of New York; I.W.W. is doing everything it can to impede the government in the prosecution of the war.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – September 20, 1917 (# 1821) – Growing War Enthusiasm appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Fisk Tires (The modern magic shoes, great art by Maxfield Parrish), Omar Turkish cigarettes, Pierce-Arrow (view through a fancy window), Willys Knight cars (autumn scene with blue car), Williams’ holder top shaving stick.
– Half page ad for Resinol Soap with art by John LaGatta, woman looking in hand mirror, “Yes, it certainly has cleared my skin.”
– Full page black and white ads for Tuxedo tobacco (Could anyone fool you on a rose?), American Chain company (The gambler, tire chains, art by Yook.), Republic tires, Macbeth Lens (car head lights).
– Half page ad for W. L. Douglas shoes with art showing the young W. L. Douglas pegging shoes at seven years of age.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Ellison Hoover (Two pages, “Der Deutsche Republik), Charles Dana Gibson (In the ranks), Not signed (comic representation of life in the Life magazine office, landscape format),
– Full page poem by Arthur Guiterman, “Allies,” with border art by Paul Goold.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Charles and Odette Roch (Babies 1293, 1294), Edmond Peytouraux (102), Andre Elsphe (717).
– Two page centerspread art by Harrison Cady, “Lest We Forget,” People enjoying the good life and normal life versus soldiers on the war front.
– Ah to speak French, quarter page artwork by Walter de Maris of soldier with French girl, “Perkins of Peoria says, “I’d give a year’s pay to know what she means by Jetame.””
– Some current events include : Everybody seems satisfied with Mr. Wilson’s answer to the Pope except the present German government; National Security League reports an alarming indifference towards the war; Friction between General Goethals and the Shipping Board.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – September 13, 1917 (# 1820) – Maxfield Parrish appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Chase Mohair Velvets (Luxurious motor-car upholstery … wow, pretty ad, not signed), Omar Turkish cigarettes, Life Savers (with super art of the Life cherub reading Life while nestled in the hole of a life saver, not signed).
– Full page black and white ads for Locomobile, Franklin Automobile (art by Laurence Fellows).
– Funny half page artwork by Ellison Hoover, “How our movie actors portray Lincoln.”
– Super cute quarter page artwork by Robert L. Dickey (mother dog hurrying her pups by a sign that says “Beware of the dog!,” Hasten, my dears! That’s where your father lives.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Victor C. Anderson (Landscape format, “The breadwinner,” Little boy returning to poor home at the end of the day of work to a downtrodden mother and two younger siblings), Charles Dana Gibson (The sympathetic neighbor … Lady Democracy is helping to free Lady Germany from the chains Imposed on her by Hohenzoller), Rea Irvin (Why not make the uniform attractive?), Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde days, establyshyng ye five-minute recorde), Donald McKee (Millennial moments).
– 1917 issues often have a half page artwork by F. Foster Lincoln in the series “The Willowbys’ Ward,” this one is number 13 “In spite of so many of Molly’s military friends about, the Willowbys fail to enjoy a sense of complete security,” one of the men is showing the ward his gun and it is pointed at the Willowbys.
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, “Congress,” shown as puppets on strings operated by rich interests and strong movements.
– Some current events include : Wouldn’t the Pope be more comfortable joining the Allies?; Everybody wants peace; Judge Cropsey declines to run for mayor on an anti-Fusion ticket.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Helene Tollet (Baby 1362), Odette Mercur (1360), Liliane Lefebvre (1263), Elie Roulet (383) and his mother and sisters, Genevieve Taveau (597).
– Quote from the editor’s column : “Loyal Americans of German derivation will suffer very much from the collapse of German reputation in Europe, but we should see to it that they suffer no more than we an help.”
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – August 30, 1917 (# 1818) – Will War End Soon? appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Michelin tires (art by Arthur N Edrop), Willy Knight (blue car in night scene with Chinese lanterns, not signed), Pall Mall cigarettes.
– Full page black and white ads for Torbensen Internal-gear Truck Drive (with nice art of a newspaper delivery truck), Duratex upholstery (with photo of young boy and his dog playing inside a car), American Chain Company (tire chains), Republic Tires, AutoStrop Safety Razor (with photos including military men shaving in a river), Tuxedo tobacco (How do you know it is a good melon?), Marathon Tire and Rubber.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Raymond Crosby (Is no news good news … probably reading casualty lists), Victor C. Anderson (When a man’s single he lives at his ease,” man mending his own trousers.), Angus MacDonall (Hewing their way, Father and Son), Charles Broughton (Ostrich about to eat German war souvenirs), Charles Dana Gibson (The end of the ninth inning (Uncle Sam and President Woodrow Wilson on one team, German leader on the other), Charles Forbell (Wouldn’t this be fun?).
– Cute little artwork by C. Barnes (probably Culmer Barnes), Our Pekingese Home Defense.
– Two page centerspread art by Harrison Cady, Reflections, Germans marching in force to Paris, retreating in defeat to Berlin.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Simone Allanet (Baby 134), Henriette Boussant (1439) and mother, Bernardette and Jeanne Schroder, (474, 475, and their mother and brother, Raymond Marguie (170) and his sister Simone.
– Some current events include : Verboten to talk of Peace; It is suspected that the Kaiser is bluffing; Bankrupt nations before this have put up formidable fights; The military draft; Negroes have entered the northern labor market and the I.W.W. has seen its chance to make trouble and has tried not to miss its opportunity.
– Quote from the editor’s column, “Civilization consists a good deal of accumulated wealth; of accumulation, that is, of the works of man. If destruction is so great in any region that life cannot go on there in reasonable likeness to what it was before, the civilization of that region is suspended, and unless it gets helps it will retrograde.”
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – August 16, 1917 (# 1816) – Our Navy appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Coca-Cola (nice art of couple golfing, signed with D with an arrow through it – do YOU know this artist?), Ramses cigarettes (camel rider in front of pyramids, signature illegible), Pierce-Arrow Motor cars (art by Adolph Treidler, yellow car through arch).
– Full page black and white ad for White Rock mineral water.
– Half page ad for Resinol Soap with nice art by John LaGatta.
– Cute quarter page comic art by A. B. Walker, methods of fighting the Germans “For old but patriotic motorists,” the tire-pumpers’ liquid-fire battalion, plus the elderly golfers’ bomb brigade.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (July), Ellison Hoover (Gott : German field marshall sitting in destroyed area drinking a mug of blood and iron), Harry Grant Dart (pertaining to prohibition, Whiskey telling other products not to be so cocky, they’ll be the target next), Charles Forbell (two pages : In ye goode olde days, ye week-ende arrival of ye too frequent visitor, Ye mydnyght serenade), Lexander Popini (1950 : You may fire when you’re ready, Myrtle … all female crew),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Toward morning,” German leader being presented with the lengthy bill as lady War sneaks away.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Paul Courtoudon (Baby 765), Marie Hourat (865), Charles Portier (194).
– Some current events include : America is at a pivotal point of the war; Hope that regular Germans will tip the war-makers out of power; The Russian confusion in the war; League to enforce peace; War losses will be grievous.
– “Louis Raemaekers says, “Of course it is impossible, but I believe it would be better for the world if the Germans – all the Germans – were exterminated.”
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – August 9, 1917 (# 1815) – Norman Rockwell appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– DRY-STATES EDITION.
– Full page color ads for Fisk Red top tires (with really cool art by Leon Gordon), Willys-Overland (Willys Knight with nice art of blue car at beach scene, signed but I don’t recognize the glyph), McCallum silk hosiery (wonderful sepia tone art of woman and her dog wake boarding or water skiing, not signed but has to be Marjorie C. Woodbury).
– Full page black and white ads for Bull Durham tobacco (With photo of Captain W. A. Ladd and O. C. Wyman at Plattsburg, New York, marching men in background), Smith Motor Truck Corporation (art of Smith Form-a-Truck by Henry A. Thiede), Marathon Tires.
– Curious half page artwork by Marcus showing people in a line to pay war taxes, “Shocking company (tobacco and liquor) for two nice old ladies (coffee and tea).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Alexander Popini (The tannery, women sun bathing on the beach), Charles Forbell (If dreams came true : the medal for distinguished gallantry), Rea Irvin (Down on the farm with the women war-workers), Charles Dana Gibson (Men Wanted … girl choosing the handsome sailor over the not-enlisted fop), Harry Grant Dart (Cheap at any price … pertaining to prohibition); Harrison Cady (The regatta season opens in Beetleburgh).
– Small photos of French war orphans : Clemence Maniez (Baby 438), Jean Argaillot (1001), Yvonne Pilard (158).
– Full page poem by Arthur Guiterman, “The Sand Witch,” with art border by Paul Goold.
– Two page centerspread art by W. O. Wilson, “Quick! The food dictator!” People at a fancy dinner scrambling to hide luxury foods.
– Some current events include : Disturbance in the government in Germany; Reassembled Reichstag; Military Preparation in the USA; The machinery of the draft has started; Training new troops; Mr. Denman is now Chairman of the Shipping Board.
– “A million soldiers does not sound very big to ears familiar with the numbers in this war, but it is a great many to make out of raw material, and train, subsist, pay, clothe, arm, transport and otherwise provide for.”
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – July 26, 1917 (# 1813) – Dry States Edition appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Michelin Tires (art by Arthur N. Edrop), Ramses cigarettes, Pal Mall cigarettes (Inimitable).
– Not politically correct, but really well done tiny artwork by Paul Goold of cannibal following missionary ready to kill him, “Following a good example.”
– Full page black and white ads for Victor Talking Machine (Victor Supremacy), Republic Tires, Bull Durham tobacco (with photo of 8 officers at Camp Williams, San Antonio, Texas).
– Neat photo of group of girls at the kitchen door at Life’s Fresh Air Farm.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Rea Irvin (two pages, the honeymoon on ship), Charles Dana Gibson (The little bond holder), Angus MacDonall (landscape format, The fountain of youth, soda fountain).
– Small photos of French war orphans : Marcelle Mallet (baby 50) and her sisters, Emilienne and Eugene Hastey (798 and 799) with their mother, Yvonne de St. Denis (1006).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton, “I can make it – I can break it,” artist in France creating beautiful works, German strong man smashing them.
– Some current events include : Lord Northcliffe from Great Britain; Foreign War News; “Commitment of our energies and resources to the rescue of mankind from the German Imperial government”; Call for a military Census Registrations for all persons between the ages of 16 and 50 (registration for the draft); Food Production bill.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – June 21, 1917 (# 1808) – Joining the War appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page color ads for Michelin tire company (For shaped round tubes), Nordyke & Marmon Company (Marmon car ad with gorgeous silver convertible car on a black background), Fatima Cigarettes.
– Two page ad for Prudential Insurance with subtle color, quite lovely, shows a steamship fleet passing by the rock of Gibraltar, “The fleet protects the nation.”
– Full page black and white ads for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tuxedo tobacco (with odd ad line “How do you know Billy’s been to the barber Your Nose Knows”), Studebaker.
– Very interesting strip art on the interior Life header page with four groups around a cooking pot, youth, young women, young men, and old folks.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Crawford Young (The millennium – a small boy’s idea), Harrison Cady (The open season for U-boats commences off Long Island), Ellison Hoover (landscape format, The little red, serumized, material-medicated, politically-exploited school-house), Charles Dana Gibson (Not yet, but soon … Uncle Sam getting ready to join the fight), William H. Walker (Composite celebrities)
– Two page centerspread art by Balfour-Ker, 1781-1917, I believe this is showing the French helping the Americans in the American Revolution in 1781 and Americans getting ready to help the French in 1917.
– Some current events include : Are we joining the war in Europe or not?; Colonel Roosevelt; President says the we hardly realize the scale of the conflict we are about to enter and that it will make the sacrifices and suffering of the Civil War seem almost insignificant; Mr. Choate dies.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Lucy Esparcel (Baby 806), Lucien Bailles (1056)
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – May 24, 1917 (# 1804) – Time to Help Europe appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.