Life Magazine – May 31, 1917 (# 1805) – Forward MARCH

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Cover : Germania leading the US Military into war, “For LIberty,” art by R. M. Crosby.
– FORWARD, MARCH NUMBER (going to war).
– Full page color Green River whiskey ad with Mint Julep, recipe, and beach scene.
– Interesting Republic Motor trucks ad that looks like a carving, Strength and Speed.
– Full page Waltham watches ad, China comes to Waltham for time, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker whisky ad), William H. Walker (two pages : Greetings), Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde days : ye recruytynge expedytyone), Charles Dana Gibson (I know you, we met in 1776, 1812 and 1861), Charles Dana Gibson (Germania = Lady Liberty talking to young New Russia, her story), unsigned (Franklin car ad).
– Small photos of Colette Vray (baby 387), Odette Schellhorn (Baby 590), Henry Leturmy (baby 371) and his sister, Paulette Cantin (baby 451),
– Two page centerspread art by Harrison Cady (The spirit of the Great Crusades).
– Some current events include : General Pershing is picked to go to France with 25,000 regular troops plus 15,000 others (like marines, aviators), We wish Colonel Roosevelt might go with Pershing, Charley Taft and 25 other Yale undergraduates enlisted as privates, upsets in food and coal markets.
– Excellent full page color Willys Knight motor car ad with blue car and Borzoi dog.
– Much more.