Example image only. Magazine condition may be different.
Life Magazine – August 30, 1929 – (# 2443) – Water Sports
$49.00
Magazine Condition : Good
Out of stock
Description
Cover : Woman in bathing suit on inflatable water horse “Lady Godiva”, art probably by Russell Patterson (looks like his trademark style) but unsigned.
– Full page color Crane ad with fancy bathroom in Lucerne blue with some Japanese styling.
– Winners of Life’s Title Contest announced in this issue.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Garrett Price (The unofficial reward), R. B. Fuller (Hey! This ain’t no ferry boat!), Edwina (The one that got away! small boy fishing with his dog), Gardner Rea (Impressions of Magazine Offices, the New Yorker), Dr. Seuss (Life’s Little Educational Charts – how to construct a prize-winning float).
– Two page centerspread art by Strothmann, Oceanliner Bremen under the Graf Zeppelin, “Britannia Rules the Waves.”
– Some current events include : Eleven young boys including Thomas Galano run a speakeasy in Teaneck, Whiskerino club advertised for a man with a four foot long beard, Virginia Mercereau took out a man bothering her – she was a champion wrestler, Herbert Taylor kept getting arrested because he looked like Willie Doody and finally asked for a receipt so his wife would believe him.
– Full page Lincoln Cabriolet car, photo of Charles L. Lawrance driving it.
– Full page color Studebaker car ad with art of National Amateur Golf Championship at Pebble Beach, California.
– Full page color Atwater Kent Radio ad with art of poolside party, possibly by Crosby.
– Much more.
– Winners of Life’s Title Contest announced in this issue.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Garrett Price (The unofficial reward), R. B. Fuller (Hey! This ain’t no ferry boat!), Edwina (The one that got away! small boy fishing with his dog), Gardner Rea (Impressions of Magazine Offices, the New Yorker), Dr. Seuss (Life’s Little Educational Charts – how to construct a prize-winning float).
– Two page centerspread art by Strothmann, Oceanliner Bremen under the Graf Zeppelin, “Britannia Rules the Waves.”
– Some current events include : Eleven young boys including Thomas Galano run a speakeasy in Teaneck, Whiskerino club advertised for a man with a four foot long beard, Virginia Mercereau took out a man bothering her – she was a champion wrestler, Herbert Taylor kept getting arrested because he looked like Willie Doody and finally asked for a receipt so his wife would believe him.
– Full page Lincoln Cabriolet car, photo of Charles L. Lawrance driving it.
– Full page color Studebaker car ad with art of National Amateur Golf Championship at Pebble Beach, California.
– Full page color Atwater Kent Radio ad with art of poolside party, possibly by Crosby.
– Much more.
Related products
-
Life Magazine – September 15, 1887 (# 246) – Unlucky Bachelor
$12.00 Out of Stock. -
Life Magazine – July 14, 1887 (# 237)
$14.00 Out of Stock. -
Life Magazine – August 4, 1887 (# 240) – District of Columbia
$12.00 Out of Stock. -
Life Magazine – May 5, 1887 (# 227) – April Showers bring May Flowers
$14.00 Out of Stock.