Life Magazine – April 1, 1915 (# 1692)

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Cover : Man in red Robin-Hood-like costume and woman in spring pink outfit dancing in the street, he might be the devil. Art by Power O’Malley, Reunited.

– EASTER NUMBER (a very thick issue, DOUBLE size).
– Illustrators, artists and cartoonists include Leo Cheney (full page Johnnie Walker whiskey ad), Norman Anthony (the Pianomobile), Rm. Crosby (full page), Rea Irvin (his oriental phase and a wide variety of signatures), A. B. Walker, C. J. Budd, Wm. H. Walker (full page, Uncle Sam trying to look neutral), Sullivant, Angus MacDonall, F. T. Richards (full page), Paul Goold, C. D. Gibson, C. F. Peters, F. G. Cooper, Chester I. Garde, T. S. Allen, Paul Reilly, Orson Lowell (full page (Vacuum Frisker so church can collect more money), R. M. Brinkerhoff, G. C. Delano, P. L. Crosby, G. B. Inwood, Ellison Hoover, and others.
– Full page COLOR art by Lauren Stout (Another Financial crisis).
– Two page center spread art by Victor C. Anderson, old couple in country watching son walk away, “The Lure of the City.”
– Nice full page art of a dog by J. D. H., inside frame of art by Paul Goold.
– Full page COLOR art by Rea Irvin, The Highwayman (a bee).
– Full page art by Broughton, with the devil.
– Full page art by Angus MacDonall (man who got out of military service with girl, being haunted by men who are serving).
– Full page color Green River whiskey ad, nice.
– Full page Columbia Records ad with art.
– Full page color El-Bart Dry Gin ad.
– Very nice full page ad for Vogue magazine with reproduction of April 1, 1915 cover, Spring Fashions, art by Helen Dryden.
– An Easter Parade, poem by Clinton Scollard.
– The Invisible Life by E. S. Martin.
– On Professors, by G. K. Chesterton.
– Golf and Literature.
– Current topics include Domestic morals, Billy Sunday’s auditorium, prohibition, Mr. Bryan, the war, relief sent to Belgium, Kitchener sets the START date for the war at May 1, Wilson’s Mexico policy, blockades, and more.
– Half page ad for Welch’s grape juice with nice art.
– Half page ad for Western Electric Inter-phones, like an intercom, I think.
– Full page color Bull Durham smoking tobacco ad with art.
– Full page color Gordon Dry Gin ad, nice green and gold.
– Full page color Colgate’s cold cream ad, silver and lilac colors.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1915 content – fun!