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Life Magazine – January 16, 1908 (# 1316) – Ice Skating
$64.00
Magazine Condition : Very Good
Out of stock
Description
Cover : Ice skaters as viewed through a screen of evergreen trees, gorgeous art by Valentine Sandberg.
– Full page color ad for Peerless Motor cars, with an open car in maroon or dark brown parked on the grounds of a southern California (?) mansion.
– Full page artwork by Will Foster (I told him I was engaged, dear, but not whom. He is not well and I thought I would break it to him gradually).
– Two page centerspread art by Johnson, “The old brass knocker,” showing current use and ghosts of people who have used it in the past.
– Current events include : University President Eliot wants government to control commercial associations such as labor unions and banks, the incorporation of corporations, and divorce law. People think the judgement against Standard Oil was fair but that the fine was preposterous. The second Thaw trial is happening.
– Best sellers boiled down : The Brass Hole by L. J. V-n-ce Vance.
– Patient to dentist “I say! This gas is absolutely safe, isn’t it? Dentist in response “Don’t worry, sir. In these times I couldn’t afford to lose a customer.”
– Much more.
