Life Magazine – April 28, 1927 (# 2321) – John Held, Jr.

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Cover : Whoops, fancy young lady swings the christening bottle and hits the ship owner by mistake, “She missed the boat,” art by John Held, Jr.

– Full page color Sheaffer’s pens ad with ornate art by Donald Denton, mostly in green.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Larry Stults (Hupmobile eight car ad, distinguished), Oliver Herford (Grandma Bunny : the first hundred are the hardest), John Held, Jr. (The Dance-mad younger set … everyone talking, no one dancing), C. H. Sykes (The month), Ellison Hoover (Collegiate impressions 6 : the daily siesta at the University of Wisconsin), Laurence Fellows (two-thirds page : Kelly Springfields tires ad with excellent rainy scene).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (it’s a source of very real satisfaction to me that our children enjoy being with us!).
– Some current events include : Two men found guilty of murder in Massachusetts but most folks think Sacco and Vanzetti are innocent, Felix Frankfurter of Harvard Law School writes a book about it, Boston, China is full of troubles and soldiers.
– Full page color travel ad for the Banff Springs Hotel with art by CR.
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow car ad with unusual interior view of Series 36 seven passenger sedan, Interiors in the manner of famous royal rooms.
– And much, much more.