Life Magazine – September 7, 1916 (# 1767)

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Cover : Cross-stitch art, Man embracing woman, “An old-fashioned sampler,” art by Albert D. Blashfield.

– MILLENNIUM NUMBER (a look at what the future will bring).
– Full page color ads for Simplex Automobile Company (neat art with marching soldiers, art by Louis Fancher), Rameses cigarettes, Victrola.
– Some of the other full page ads : US Rubber company, Pierce-Arrow cars, Next issue of Life dedicated to Josephus Daniels, White Company cars (with neat art by Teale), Rayntite car top material from Du Pont, Butterick patterns.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Rea Irvin (A day in the Millenium as pictured by little Bobbie), H T W (Initials made into a glyph, might be H.T. Webster : The commuters’ millennium, the 8:15 train to the city), Charles Dana Gibson (Let me see your hands, Kaiser hiding bloody hands behind his back from Lady Civilization), F. T. Richards (August), Morris (When the Millennium comes).
– Two page centerspread art by Oliver Herford, The millennium : a little child shall lead them, Life’s cupid leading a choir of wild animals.
– Small photo of Annette Labonde (war orphan), baby number 64, and her mother.
– Some current events include : Wilson trying to prevent a railroad strike, Rederated societies of the great Roman Catholic sect, Cardinal O’Connell, Colonel Calahan of Louisville, more.
– And much more 1916   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!