Life Magazine – February 11, 1909 (# 1372) – Tracking Horse Thief

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Cover : Couple snuggling and star gazing, “The witching hour,” art by William Balfour-Ker.

– Full page black and white ads for Franklin Automobiles (People watching a horse race from their car), Pears Soap (Beauty’s favorite with lovely art of a woman in profile).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Raymond Crosby (Advertising pays : men holding placards with their pitch while a young woman examines them), J. Conacher (2/3 page, humorous scene with stupid constable tracking a horse thief through the snow), Fred G. Cooper (Some woodcuts from the old book.
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker, “Faust at the National Theater,” parody of theater presentation using current politicians.
– Some current events include : The desirability of adding Parcel Post to postal laws; Row over the intended closing of St. John’s Chapel in New York; John La Farge wins the Architectural League’s medal.
– “Governor Hughes (of NY) has never been the leader of the Republican party, but a sort of Republican privateer, with a license from the people to sail the political seas and take such prizes as offered and sink whatever craft seemed to need sinking.”
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1909 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!