Life Magazine – May 5, 1904 (# 1123) – May Day

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Cover : Lovely art of three ladies dancing in a meadow, art by R. M. Crosby.

MAY DAY NUMBER.
– Artists and cartoonists include J. M. Flagg, Victor Perard, Wm. H. Walker,  R. M. Crosby, J. Conacher, Gw. Penfield, A. G. Learned, W. O. Wilson, Wm. Balfour-Ker (full page), Lutzky, F. M. Howarth, and others.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Studies in Expression.
– Very nice quarter page Peerless Touring Cars ad.
– Quarter page Pierce Arrow car ad with unusual buggy type car, art by CH.
– Quarter page Kelly-Springfield tire ad for buggy tires.
– Unusual quarter page notice pertaining to Pioneer patent # 549. 160 pertaining to Gasolene automobiles.
– Quarter page Columbia Light Tonneau car ad, Electric Vehicle Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
– Quarter page Dunlop detachable tires, Hartford Rubber works.
– Small ad with photo for M & M Portable houses.
– Large ad for OUTING magazine, the Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest (sounds like the current OUTSIDE magazine).
– Quarter page Pope manufacturing ad for bicycle innovations such as two-speed gear and new coaster brake.
– Quarter page ad for Caracas sweet chocolate, Walter Baker & Co., Dorchester.
– Current topics include current political platforms, Admiral Alexieff, the stupidity of building war machines.
– To paint the lily, by Agnes Repplier.
– Love, by Tom Masson.
– “They were disappointed in love, weren’t they?”  “Yes. Each thought the other had money.”
– Wild Animal Whoppers by James Montgomery Flagg.
– The society column contains photos that are either doctored or staged.
– Quarter page ad for Smith, Gray and Company liveries.
– The meanest railroad contest, numbers 18, 19, 10, 21, 22 – anecdotes from readers – made up.
– Full page Veribest Canned Meats with yellow.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1904 content – fun!