Life Magazine – December 23, 1909 (# 1417) – Christmas

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Cover : Small boy listening for Santa at the (burning!) fireplace, art by James Montgomery Flagg.

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (lots of holiday humor).
– Full page color ad for Pall Mall cigarettes.
– Full page black and white ads for Franklin tires and air-cooling systems (all text), Locomobile (Full page artwork or photo – I can’t tell which – in front of fancy building façade).
– Full page art or cartoon art by William B. King (3 stockings hanging from mantle, “Common to us all : The Wolf, Love, and the Devil.).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton, “Astray,” Santa accidentally lands in Japan.
– Some current events include : Poet William Watson; Infernal intrigue to discredit the polar exploits of our Dr. Cook; Vote to abolish football in the League of the Public Schools of New York; Mr. Ballinger is still Secretary of the Interior despite the efforts of Collier’s Weekly.
– Charming small art strip by Homer Fleming, “Three pictures with but one title : pressing his suit.”
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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