Life Magazine – June 12, 1924 (# 2171) – Rea Irvin – Travel Number

– TRAVEL NUMBER.
– Full page Ideal Boilers and American Radiators ad with color woodcut by Edward A. Wilson.
– Full page art or cartoon art by (signature looks like) R. M. Crosby (Hart Schaeffner & Marx men’s clothing ad with golf theme), Ellison Hoover (two pages : An impression of London by one who has never been there), Alfred Frueh (The Fordyssey : an epic), C. H. Sykes (A’ right, let’s go!), P. L. Crosby (Skippy “helping” man repair a car), Gluyas Williams (Hurrah, Hurrah! We’re off for a holiday), McClelland Barclay (part of a Fisher Bodies ad), (Listerine ad, signed but illegible).
– Two page centerspread art by Clyde Forsythe, “Those were the days,” old prospector remembering the frontier days.
– Some current events include : Republican Convention is session at Cleveland, Erasmus Knickerbocker, The Ohio gang, Dr. Frederick Hoffman reports on a statistical examination of murder in the United States (rate has doubled in 24 years).
– LOVELY full page color Fisk tires ad with little boy and his dog going fishing, art by Norman Rockwell.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1924 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!