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Life Magazine – November 3, 1927 (# 2348)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:51:02 +0000

Cover : Boxer dog dressed as gentleman or gangster with hat tipped over one eye, pipe and fancy scarf, “Putting on the dog,” art by Will Rannells.

– Unusual and striking full page color Chrysler “Red-Head” engine ad with green car exploding out of black, green and yellow background.
– Full page Smith & Wesson revolver gun ad with woman and a huge pile of luggage waving goodbye to a train from a lonely country train station platform.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Strothmann (Mental Hazards : the rough … golf theme), C. H. Sykes (Chicago Cop : What’ve you got in that car?), Alfred Frueh (The aesthetic dancers go “back to the farm”), McClelland Barclay (part of Fisher bodies ad).
– L. L. Laedlein writes a funny little piece, “A Movie director discovers Roget’s thesaurus.”
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Hey mister, do you want to join our team We could use a good, fast quarterback,” … boys asking stout older man.
– Some current events include : Newspaper devote a large share of their space to sensational news, Flight of Ruth Elder and her man, Hall-Mills trial, Tunney-Dempsey fight on the radio, Flashing electric advertising signs, Anti-flogging campaign in the Gulf States, The repulsive Ku Klux Klan is waning.
– Full page color Willys-Knight ad signed with a solid triangle over an underline, excellent autumn art with green and black car, Extraordinary Improvements!
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with four people at candlelit dinner.
– And much more 1927 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – November 10, 1927 (# 2349) – Football

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:48:46 +0000

Cover : Lovely lady applying lipstick “The winning colors” art by Penrhyn Stanlaws.

– FOOTBALL NUMBER.
– Full page art or cartoon art by John Held Jr. (Timken Bearings), Albert Frueh (The Trap drummer goes back to the farm), C. H. Sykes (Wanted : strong man to drive band wagon), Unknown (The Prodigal Parent).
– Two page centerspread art by John Held Jr. (He told her he’d be wearing a coonskin coat).
– Some current events include : Mayor Thompson of Chicago, William Hale Thompson, Taking pro-English histories out of the Public Library of Chicago and burning them, Elmer Davis with Harper’s Magazine, Mr. McAdoo of the democratic party is a belligerent Dry.
– Very neat full page color Ipswich Hosiery ad with odd art of fat golfer.
– Full page color Lucky Strike cigarettes with art of Mary Garden, Margery Bailey, Edwagner at Forest Hills.
– And so much more! 1927 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – November 17, 1927 (# 2350)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:46:24 +0000

Cover : Very cute woman writing note as she stands with one foot on the running board of a packing car, ready to go, art by John Held Jr.

– $2500 contest, “How well do YOU know America#8221;
– Full page color Corona typewriter ad, beautiful, in six colors.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert Frueh (The fireman who went back to the farm), C. H. Sykes (Thanksgiving proclamation in Chicago).
– Two page centerspread art by Anton Otto Fischer (Shanghaied)
– Some current events include : Bituminous Brother Straton of Baptist Church on West 57th ST., Christian Scientists, cost of illness in the United States is running about one-third the cost of running the Government, Proposed plan of the New York Hospital and Cornell Medical College, State Charities Aid Association, New State Psychiatric Hospital, Hospital building, Greedy doctors, Cost of Education is very dear.
– Full page color Johnston & Murphy men’s shoes ad with art, signed but unreadable.
– Full page color BBB Own Make Pipe ad with art by Harry Morse Meyers.
– Two page color Society of American Florists ad, Say Thanks with Flowers.
– Full page color Atwater Kent Radio ad with football and fans art.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – November 24, 1927 (# 2351) – Tropical Number

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:44:46 +0000

Cover : Female aviatrix standing by her airplane with luggage, “The birds are flying south!,” art by John LaGatta.

– TROPICAL NUMBER.
– Full page color Marmon 8 car ad with art of crème colored car by Charleson, Other cars will serve but this is the ideal woman’s car.
– Full page art or cartoon art by CE or GE (White Star line, Red Star line ad, around the world on the Belgenland), unsigned (Nice Phoenix Hosiery ad with fade-away style art of man in chair), Strothmann (Service! … rude American at the Taj Mahal), Gluyas Williams (Tragedy in Buckingham Palace : King George V learns that he must cancel his plans for spending the winter in Chicago), Paul Webb (A little less steam, please), C. H. Sykes (The month), Lyle Justis (Lee of Conshohocken tires ad).
– Two page centerspread art by Wallace Morgan, “Winter quarters,” people on a crowded beach.
– Some current events include : Actual news without crime, sport or sex appeal, Floods in Vermont and Massachusetts in addition to the south, Curious weather and earthquakes this year, Boy was convicted of sleeping in subway and sent to workhouse for three months, Burns Detective Agency investigated the jurymen in the oil trials, Mrs. Bacon recovers her house NUMBER after it was awarded to a big new building on Fourth Avenue, Greville Memoirs into Chicago schools, Mussolini cleaned up the Mafia in Sicily.
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow car ad with nice autumn art and green car, art by Paul Gerding.
– And much, much more.

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Life Magazine – December 1, 1927 (# 2352) – Christmas

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:43:03 +0000

Cover : Lovely lady pensively holding some mistletoe, art by McClelland Barclay.

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (much fatter than typical issue).
– Note : this issue is labeled “December 1927” on cover, “December 1, 1927” inside.
– Full page color L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriters ad, pretty red, Christmas theme, signed, possibly McKee.
– Pretty full page color Coty perfume ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Frank Wail (possibly)(112 H.P. Chrysler Imperial 80 car ad), Milt Gross (Give Till it hurts), John Held Jr. (2 pages : the useful mistletoe), Paul Webb (The sandwich man), Russell Patterson (COLOR : Look at it, Mae! Did ya’ ever, in ya whole life, see such a big Christmas Card looking at tapestry), Gluyas Williams (The Christmas Plum pudding), Charles Dana Gibson (The Excellent provider), Strothmann (The Eighteenth century Dandy who was ahead of his time), Leonard T. Holton (The conjuror’s Christmas), Johnny Gruelle (Christmas in Yahoo Center : Mayor Andy Keeler lights the community tree), C. H. Sykes (God help the sailors), Lui Truyo (Taxicab economy) .
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow car ad, strikingly New.
– Full page color Martini & Rossi Vermouth ad, art by Shanks.
– Two page Color center spread art by (illegible), “I wonder if it’s another non-stop flight#8221;, Santa passing over poor neighborhood.
– Some current events include : Christmas, raising children, What does Christmas mean in other parts of the world.
– Full page color Gillette safety razor ad, pretty.
– Full page color Seald Tangerines ad.
– Full page color Milano pipe ad.
– And much more 1927 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – December 8, 1927 (# 2353) – Huge Hat, Parlor Car

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:41:11 +0000

Cover : Woman sitting in huge hat “In your hat”, art by James Montgomery Flagg.

– $2500 prize All-America travel contest in this issue, with Kay’s third letter.
– Full page color Marmon 8 car ad, Rounding out its first year.
– Full page art or cartoon art by John Held Jr. (Timken Bearings ad), Leonard T. Holton (Santa Calls on the Hollywood vamp), Johnny Gruelle (In yahoo center, one little thing leads to another), C. H. Sykes (Hard to Clear), Ellison Hoover (Collegiate Impressions, practicing the art of self-defense at the University of Chicago), Harry Morse Meyers (BBB Own Make pipe ad).
– Two page center spread art by Gluyas Williams (The Parlor car).
– Some current events include : Senator Borah, Law Enforcement ladies in Carnegie Hall, Prohibition, Volstead Act, Mr. Coolidge’s withdrawal as a presidential candidate.
– Two-thirds page ad for St. Petersburg Florida with aerial photo.
– And so much more! 1927 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – December 15, 1927 (# 2354) – All Lindbergh’s Fault

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:38:57 +0000

Cover : Woman hugging a man while she lights his cigarette with her “The Light of his life!”, art by Garrett Price.

– Full page color Parfume Caron Paris ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Fred G. Cooper (The indoor golfer holes a mashie approach), C. H. Sykes (Waking the baby), L. T. Holton (The ventriloquist has fun at an auction sale).
– All America travel contest with Kay’s fourth letter.
– Two page centerspread art by Vic (stylized VIC – do you know this artist?), comic art “It’s all Lindbergh’s fault!”
– Some current events include : Henry Ford introduces his new car, retires Model T, Mr. Borah, Eighteenth amendment, Floods in Vermont.
– Lovely full page color Packard car ad with Archimedes, not signed (A 2Neat customer purchased this issue for this ad … to be displayed with the original artwork – 2Neat!)
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 22, 1927 (# 2355) – Rannells – Dogs Chewing Welcome Mat

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:36:29 +0000

Cover : Two terrier dogs chewing up a Welcome mat, art by Will Rannells.

– Full page color Chesterfield cigarettes ad with Christmas candle, the Season’s best.
– Full page art or cartoon art by P. Webb (Yeah, we feed him nothin’ but Lucky Strikes), C. H. Sykes (Well, a lot of ’em are going to lose faith in Santa Claus), Victor De Pauw (The art of the motion picture),
– All America Travel contest with Kay’s fifth letter.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson “Called for Jury Duty.”
– Some current events include : Nungresser and Coli lost in attempted flight from Paris to New York, Financial distribution to Coli’s family in dispute, Women’s rights in other countries, Methyl alcohol in cigarettes, Floods in Vermont.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 29, 1927 (# 2356) – Happy New Year

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:34:32 +0000

Cover : 1927 – 1928, art by Fred G. Cooper, FGC.

– NEW YEAR’S NUMBER.
– Two page color Society of American Florists ad with nice art, Wild Hours of Waiting, signed with artist’s mark (dash inside a V).
– All America travel contest with Kay’s sixth letter.
– LOTS and LOTS of small cartoons by many different artists.
– Full page art or cartoon art by C. H. Sykes (The Month),
– Some current events include : Sewer in Queens County, New York, Politicians getting away with six million in swag, Tammany governs Queens, Mr. Root gets the Medal of Honor, Mayor of New York gallivanting in Europe.
– Full page color Johnston & Murphy Men’s shoes ad.
– Full page color Willys – Knight car ad with nice skiing theme art, signed with solid triangle over underline.
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with nice art of two couples outside on a winter night, street scene.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – August 18, 1927 (# 2337)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:24:53 +0000

Cover – Woman floating on raft, art by Russell Patterson. “My Bonnie lies over the ocean!”

TOURISTS’ NUMBER.

– Two page center spread cartoon by Gluyas Williams “Mid-Atlantic” on a cruise ship.
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow car ad with art, signed but illegible.
– Full page color Melachrino cigarette ad with the Maharajah de Kapurthala.
– Full page movie poster page for “Three’s a Crowd” produced by Harry Langdon.
– Full page Timken Roller Bearing Company of Canton, Ohio ad with art by John Held, Jr.
– Half page arctic cartoon by John Held, Jr.
– Full page cartoon by Ellison Hoover, man visiting Paris.
– Hot-Dog stand conversation by Paul Showers.
– Full page cartoon by Ned Hilton.
– Full page art cartoon by C. H. Sykes “The bigamist” about prohibition.
– Editorial about Naval conference.

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