Life Magazine – June 28, 1923 (# 2121) – Canadian Number

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Cover : Tourist ladies taking photos of a Handsome Canadian Mounted Policeman, Mountie “Get your man,” art by C. F. Peters.

– CANADIAN NUMBER (much on Canada and the north).
– Full page color Cantrell & Cochrane Ginger Ale ad.
– The Ride of Henri Ledoux, poem by Henry William Hanemann, wood cuts by John Held Jr.
– Full page art or cartoon art by H. M. Bateman (Seeing Canada), Unsigned, maybe Fred G. Cooper (An outline of Canadian history), James Montgomery Flagg (A dream of the sliding foot rest), C. F. Peters (The greater Northwest), Rea Irvin (Muskellunge Fishing on the Canadian Border),
– Cute little cartoon by P. L. Crosby, “In the Great Canadian Open Spaces, Willie is sent to the next door neighbor to borrow a cup of sugar” (starts as a little boy, ages and dies before ever reaching the neighbor).
– Two page centerspread art by Rollin Kirby (Three thousand miles of frontier and not a gun or a fort!).
– Some current events include : British as related to Canadians, Self-governing British Dominions in the world, H. G. Wells new novel, Strike of bricklayers, discussion of the 12-hour day in steel mills, fight about rum, contentions of the clergy.
– Full page color Gillette safety razor ad.
– Half page art by J. R. Shaver (What’s the difference between a widow and a widower?, two children reading in a window nook).
– Much more.

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