Life Magazine – July 5, 1917 (# 1810) – Shore Duty

– Full page color Gordon Dry Gin ad with five different hot weather beverages.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Arthur N. Edrop (Michelin tires ad with Michelin man), Paul Goold (subscription ad for Life with theme of sending to Our Boys at the Front), Angus MacDonell (What comes up must go down), Birch (Those Mahammedans are dreadful fanatics), F. T. Richards (June), Harry Grant Dart (excellent airship art, Is this what we are waiting for?), Crawford Young (any Saturday afternoon during the picnic season),
– Small photos of Germaine Dehon (baby 1132), Madeleine Didat (baby 639), Raymond Martin (baby 279), Edmond and Suzanne Levy (babies 334 and 335).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (Uncle Sam pulling the US navy toward Europe, “Hold on, Boys!”).
– Some current events include : How the Army works in peacetime … adversely affects its ability to get things done in wartime, Vast network of regulations in the military, Liberty Bonds, College commencements this year were full of military ardor, Ruth Cruger case (she was murdered).
– And much more 1917   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!