Life Magazine – December 23, 1926 (# 2303) – Christmas

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Cover : Lady knitting a really ugly tie for her guy, “It’s a gift,” art by Leonard T. Holton.

– Full page color ads for Chrysler Imperial (art by Frank Quail), Camel cigarettes.
– Full page black and white ads for Budd-Michelin wheels (Automobile wheels), Dodge Brothers Motor Cars (nice art, A story in Nutshells), Listerine (with photo of policeman in the rain).
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Cooper (Baa! Baa! Buffalo!), Art Young (The hunting season in hell), Richard V. Culter (How to trim a Christmas Tree),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (In place of conversation … reading at the dining table).
– Cute quarter page artwork by G. Burr Inwood showing police officer talking to drunk on ground, “I’ve been drugged, officer! Somebody put dope in that quart of wood alcohol I drank, “ … yes, definitely not politically correct now.
– Some current events include : Christmas week; Discussing how Al Smith (Catholic) would run in the South; Controversy over the religion of a presidential candidate.
– And much, much more.