Life Magazine – August 31, 1911 (# 1505) – C. Coles Phillips – Too many shoes

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Cover : Woman selecting among shoes, “Survival of the Fittest,” excellent fade-out = fadeaway art by C. Coles Phillips.  Not signed, but style is unmistakable.

– Full page color ad for Ladies Home Journal, A Toque for the Matinee, designed by Edwin B. Halsey.
– Full page color ad for Ladies Home Journal, a dress for the dance, designed by Rowena Rice.
– Full page attractive Thomas car ad, E. R. Thomas Motor Car company.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (August), Angus MacDonall (A Man’s a man for a’ that), Mark Fenderson (Idolators).
– Two page centerspread art by C. Everett Johnson, “The straight and narrow way … car caught behind buggy on small road).
– Some current events include : Arbitration treaties, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, President did not sign the bill to revise the wool tariff, New charter for city of New York.
– Nice full page Sanitol tooth paste ad with fade-out art.
– Full page color Peerless Motor car ad with the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, not signed.
– Much more.