– 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.

– 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.

– Starting : The Alibi Contest.
– Pretty full page color Buick car ad with blue car and three people.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Gluyas Williams (Miracle! : Mother finds one of last year’s Christmas tree balls unbroken), C. H. Sykes (Putting ideas in the old boy’s head).
– Two page centerspread art by Anton Otto Fischer (Christmas dinner at sea).
– Some current events include : Marlborough divorce case, Roof of Blenheim was leaking and got a new roof after wedding, Civil law versus Church law, The country really needs a Fool Killers’ Day, English Language Congress, Visit of Queen Marie.
– Full page color Packard ad with gold and brown car.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – December 16, 1926 (# 2302) – Alibi Contest appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – December 30, 1926 (# 2304) – New Year’s Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – September 16, 1926 (# 2289) – Canoeing appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page cartoon by Strothmann “Hey, Mister! You can’t park there!”
– Full page color Atwater Kent Radio ad.
– Full page color Packard car ad.
– Full page Burberrys coat ad.
– Full page color Buick car ad.
– Full page Marmon motor cars ad.
– Full page Chandler-Cleveland Motors ad.
– Cartoon by Alice Harvey “The Unfortunate.”
– Women at their worst, by Robert Lord.
– Poem by Henry William Hanemann.
– The low-down on the big fight, by Robert Benchley (Dempsey and Tunney).
– About William Smith.
– Cartoon by Strothmann.
– Editorial on debts owed the USA by European countries because of the war.
– Reviews of “The Little Spitfire” and “The Adorable Liar”.
– Cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather.
– Cartoon by Alice Harvey.
– Lessons in New Yorkese by Henry William Hanemann.
– Cartoon by J. Conacher.
– Rhymed review by Arthur Guiterman of Esther Forbes.

The post Life Magazine – September 23, 1926 (# 2290) – Allergies and Goldenrod appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– FRESHMAN NUMBER.
– Full page color Pierce Arrow car ad, with nice art of adobe buildings by Timmins.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Anton Otto Fischer (The first day of school), C. H. Sykes (the month).
– Two page centerspread art by W. Fletcher White, “The man who made good in college,” wall covered with stolen signs.
– Some current events include : Lady Astor is good news fodder, Hall-Mills case, America has 11,000 millionaires, Channel swimmers, Lady Kollontay coming from Russia to Mexico, Germany has joined the League of Nations, the Top Hat is coming back.
– Nice full page blue and gold Tareyton cigarettes ad with art of polo game, not signed.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – September 30, 1926 (# 2291) – John Held, Jr. appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.