LIFE 1931 Archives - 2Neat Magazines /product-tag/life-1931/ Original LIFE Magazines For Sale Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:48:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/2neat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LIFE 1931 Archives - 2Neat Magazines /product-tag/life-1931/ 32 32 69036646 Life Magazine – October 9, 1931 (# 2553) – Duck Flying South /product/life-magazine-october-9-1931-2553/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:29:07 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6170 Magazine Condition : Good (crossword puzzle is penciled in).

The post Life Magazine – October 9, 1931 (# 2553) – Duck Flying South appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Mallard duck flying south for winter with his suitcase and swimsuit, art by Heier.

– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with doctor, Give your throat a vacation.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Edwina (Sinbad : a woman’s tears), Perry Barlow (Sonny and Patricia : anybody can tell he’s a gangster), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers), Charles Dana Gibson (two pages from 1922 : Look pleasant, please),
– Two page centerspread art by Howard K. Elcock (New York dance hall).
– Some current events include : France has built her edifice of prosperity on the Treaty of Versailles, Smash of the Gold Standard in England, President Hoover went to Detroit to address the Legionnaires, Episcopalians in Denver are discussing divorce, Presidential candidates, Mayor Walker in Europe.
– And so much more!  1931 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – October 9, 1931 (# 2553) – Duck Flying South appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – October 16, 1931 (# 2554) – White meets Black /product/life-magazine-october-16-1931-2554/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:27:28 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6168 Magazine Condition Choices :
Very Good
Good
(crossword puzzle penciled in)

Note : Colors of cover are generally warmer than shown in the sample image.

The post Life Magazine – October 16, 1931 (# 2554) – White meets Black appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Sonny and Patricia powdering a young black toddler, probably trying to make her white, art by Perry BarlowObviously not very politically correct now!

– Full page art or cartoon art by Harry Morse Meyers (part of Metropolitan Life insurance ad, the conquest of Diphtheria), Garrett Price (All right now – street noises of Ancient Carthage … foley sound effects man), Edwina (Sinbad : see for yourself), J. Cassel (Quiet restful scene, isn’t it), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers),
– Two page art by Charles Dana Gibson from 1901 Life, “The turning of the tide.”
– Some current events include : Gandhi wants to see Charlie Chaplin, H. G. Wells says on the radio what he would do if he ruled the world, Legionnaires of Detroit came out strong for beer, Prohibition has contrived that the most harmful intoxicants shall be the easiest to get.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – October 16, 1931 (# 2554) – White meets Black appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – October 23, 1931 (# 2555) – Sinbad the Dog and Jack-o-Lantern /product/life-magazine-october-23-1931-2555/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:25:47 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6166 Magazine Condition : Fair (Generally Good, but cover is loosening on staples and has a crease)

The post Life Magazine – October 23, 1931 (# 2555) – Sinbad the Dog and Jack-o-Lantern appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Sinbad the dog creeping warily up on a lighted jack-o-lantern, art by Edwina.  Edwina, who is famous for her dog cartoons, is Frances Edwina Dumm.

– Full page color Goodyear tires ad with Sir Galahad by Watts.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Edwina (Sinbad : the portrait), Gluyas Williams (Celebration at a board of directors meeting), Paul Webb (Seeing Mr. Jeevers), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers).
– Two page art by Charles Dana Gibson from Life 1922 (Mr. and Mrs. B. New).
– Some current events include : Dwight Morrow, Gold standard and silver suggestion, Vast question of unemployment, Sharp rise of the financial market on October 6th.
– Full page color Ethyl Gasoline with unsigned art of stag and three arrows, Lightning Getaway.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – October 23, 1931 (# 2555) – Sinbad the Dog and Jack-o-Lantern appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – December, 1931 (# 2561) – Christmas Number (first monthly issue) /product/life-magazine-december-1931-2561/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:23:02 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6162 Magazine Condition : POOR (Generally Good, but not complete.  Front cover is loose and back cover is missing.  Outer inside page pair is missing.  Rebus is penciled in.  An enjoyable reading copy.)

The post Life Magazine – December, 1931 (# 2561) – Christmas Number (first monthly issue) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Skinny Scottish Santa with a patched gift bag and riding a thin reindeer, art by Fred G. Cooper.

– Beginning with this issue, Life will be published MONTHLY.

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER with more pages and more color than usual.
– What I think of Sidney Lenz, by Ely Culbertson.
– Full page color ads for Sheaffer’s pens, Hawaii travel ad with art of Hula dancer at night on beach, Powers Reproduction Corporation (Louise by Leon Gordon).
– Full page ads for Metropolitan Life Insurance (art by James Montgomery Flagg), Spud cigarettes, Golden Rule Week, Listerine, John H. Livingston Jr. agency, 1932 Dog Calendar (art by Nell Hott), Golden Book magazine.
– Mahatma Gandhi by Maxine Davis.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Edwina (Merry Christmas from Sinbad), Victor C. Anderson (Compiling a record of the class graduating in 1917 …), G. B. Inwood (husband forgets to mail a letter), Perry Barlow (You know we’ll have to get up early and show a lot of enthusiasm), C. W. Anderson (What a lovely apartment you have here), C. W. Anderson (You get out of the Alps just what you put into them, dear), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers), Harry Grant Dart (Rebus puzzle).
– Should one invite an ice man to a house warming By Sam Hellman.
– Benefits of the Depression include Judge George Dunkel of Denver announces that he will reduce alimony rates during the present depression, Mrs. Frank Kravitz of New Haven reports a decided improvement in her business of renting wedding gowns, and more.
– Two page centerspread art by Gluyas Williams (The Sunday school Christmas entertainment).
– Some current events include : Sign “I will share” at Grand Central Station and Park Avenue, Big push for more charity donations, Good minds and kind hearts are needed.
– And much more 1931   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – December, 1931 (# 2561) – Christmas Number (first monthly issue) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – August 21, 1931 (# 2546) – Farm Wagon Ride /product/life-magazine-august-21-1931-2546/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:21:14 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6160 Magazine Condition Choices :
Good (crossword filled in)

The post Life Magazine – August 21, 1931 (# 2546) – Farm Wagon Ride appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Young couple resting in a farm cart after a long walk while the farmer looks on benevolently, art by Revere F. Wistehuff

– Full page color Cadillac V-12 two passenger Convertible Coupe, art by Fleetwood in gold, yellow and red.
– Full page ad for Hartmann Student Special trunks, fancy traveling trunk.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Garrett Price (Ah! What a moon, just beams with romance), Harry Haenigsen (Couple buying a pair of lovebirds), Edwina (Sinbad : what a life!), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers), K. C. Kingmann (possibly : The Merger).
– Two page art by Charles Dana Gibson (The Fiftieth Anniversary, the last guest), reprinted from Life April 11, 1895.
– Some current events include : What England owed Lloyd George for his services in the War, 150th anniversary of Cornwallis’ surrender of Yorktown, Lord and Lady Astor, the Marquis of Lothian and George Bernard Shaw have been inspecting Russia, Italian gangsters and mob, John Polando and Russell Boardmen break the long distance flying record.
– Full page about Life’s Fresh Air Camps with photo showing swimming pool.
– Full page color Lucky Strike cigarettes ad with Leone Sousa of Elsinore, California.
– Much more.

The post Life Magazine – August 21, 1931 (# 2546) – Farm Wagon Ride appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – September 4, 1931 (# 2548) – Playing Cards as People /product/life-magazine-september-4-1931-2548/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:18:50 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6158 Magazine Condition : Good 

The post Life Magazine – September 4, 1931 (# 2548) – Playing Cards as People appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Three playing cards, Jack has been beat-up by watchful king, art by Ed Graham.  Note : I believe the watered appearance of the blue background is the original effect created by the artist on purpose.

– Full page color Ethyl gasoline ad with green, orange and blue cars, More tanks are filled with Ethyl than with any other gasoline.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Garrett Price (3/4 page : Hey – how do you expect a guy to sleep with all the racket?), unsigned but probably by Donald Stuart Ross (3/4 page : If trade marks grew old), Edwina (Sinbad : lost and found), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers), Charles Dana Gibson, I believe (The lass that loved a sailor … old lady standing on shore near shipwreck.  From 1898 Life).
– Two page centerspread art by Howard K. Elcock, “New York – the subway.”
– Some current events include : Judge Seabury tries to bring Tammany to book for its misdoings, Mr. Owen Young addresses the graduates of St. Lawrence University and gives them five questions by which to evaluate their college experience.
– And much more 1931   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – September 4, 1931 (# 2548) – Playing Cards as People appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – September 11, 1931 (# 2549) – Stray Child /product/life-magazine-september-11-1931-2549/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:17:32 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6156 Magazine Condition : Good

Note : Cover color is generally richer than shown in the sample image.

The post Life Magazine – September 11, 1931 (# 2549) – Stray Child appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Little white boy and girl taking a black toddler home in a wagon, “Sonny, do you s’pose mamma will let us keep him?,” art by Perry Barlow.

– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad, Powder-proof, Perfume-proof, Germ-proof.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Gluyas Williams (Taking the air … man gets off airplane because it becomes filled with too many fat people), Edwina (Sinbad : anyway, he tried), Perry Barlow (Sonny and Patricia), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers),
– Some current events include : Revolution in Cuba, Machado government of Cuba, Wickersham report about causes of disorder in the country (most think it is the Italians and the negros), Death of Mrs. La Follette.
– Arthur Hirst reports that 90 percent of Germans now firmly and positively believe that their country was attacked in 1914, and that the whole war and Treaty of Versailles constituted the greatest crime in all history against a noble and innocent people.”
– And so much more!  1931 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – September 11, 1931 (# 2549) – Stray Child appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – September 18, 1931 (# 2550) – Boring Carousel Ride /product/life-magazine-september-18-1931-2550/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:16:05 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6154 Magazine Condition Choices :
Good
Fair (All Good, nice, but has a few red pencil marks inside).

The post Life Magazine – September 18, 1931 (# 2550) – Boring Carousel Ride appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Unhappy little boy in cowboy garb sitting beside his large grandma on the un-moving couch seat on a merry-go-round (carousel) instead of on one of the moving horses, art by C. W. Anderson.

– Full page color Cadillac ad with striking art by Leon Benigni.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Edwina (Sinbad : Aw, what’s th’ use!), Kemp Starrett (Heavens, John, the Smiths! Pretend we don’t see them!), Will B. Johnsone (I see by the papers),
– Two page cute art by Charles Dana Gibson, “A little story as told by a sleeve,” from 1895 Life issue.
– Some current events include : Upcoming Presidential election, Marshal Petain is coming to the Yorktown celebration, Henry Ford says times are better now than before the financial crash … we are now riding to a rise with better prospects at the end of it, British mine workers crisis, We can’t sell our wheat.
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – September 18, 1931 (# 2550) – Boring Carousel Ride appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – September 25, 1931 (# 2551) – Choirboy /product/life-magazine-september-25-1931-2551/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:14:54 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6152 Magazine Condition Choices :
Very Good
Good
(crossword filled)
Fair
(All Good, nice, but has date penciled on chin on cover).

The post Life Magazine – September 25, 1931 (# 2551) – Choirboy appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Angelic choirboy with black eye singing in church, a GREAT cover!, art by Alan Taster or Alan Tasker.

– Full page color  Ethyl Gasoline ad with nice art of leaping Marlin, art not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Alfred Frueh (Travel is so broadening), Perry Barlow (Sonny and Patricia … you’d better eat all of it), Edwina (Sinbad : he who laughs last), Will B. Johnstone (I see by the papers), Charles Dana Gibson (two pages from 1897 : When doctors disagree).
– Two page centerspread art by Howard K. Elcock, “New York at night.”
– Some current events include : Germany and Austria tried to arrange a customs union (Like the European Union?), Latin American governments, Cuba, Trouble in Britain, House Appropriations Committee proposes further substantial cuts in appropriations for the army and navy (we are not at war).
– And much, much more.

The post Life Magazine – September 25, 1931 (# 2551) – Choirboy appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Life Magazine – June 5, 1931 (# 2535) – Mermaid /product/life-magazine-june-5-1931-2535/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:13:07 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=6150 Magazine Condition : Good (framable cover)

The post Life Magazine – June 5, 1931 (# 2535) – Mermaid appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Lovely young mermaid, “Sub-Deb,” art by Heier.  This is positively lovely and delicately colored art.

– Full page Listerine ad, “till BREATH do us part.”
– Full page art or cartoon art by Victor C. Anderson (Dear Mother, New York is so thrilling … young lady writing a letter home while she cries in a dismal little room), Fred G. Cooper (The Golfer’s Credo : in twelve strokes, text by John C. Emery), Nate Collier (The efficiency expert goes to heaven), Edwina (Sinbad : get out of that garden), Vic Forsythe (New Balloon ball … golf humor), B. Cory Kilver (Hers … from 1910 Life).
– Some current events include : Dr. Fosdick excuses prohibition, rich Cleveland has the most unemployment its ever had, Harvard Polo Association is feeling the financial pinch, J. P. Morgan said that if you have to worry about the cost of keeping a yacht you shouldn’t have one, Life insurance for Policemen, World conference on Silver.
– “Colonel Woodcock asks public cooperation in prohibition enforcement.  Does this mean we must stand outside and hold the policeman’s horse while the policeman goes in to get a drink?”
– Full page color Ethyl Gasoline ad with nice art of eagle, Power.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1931 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – June 5, 1931 (# 2535) – Mermaid appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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