Life Magazine – February 13, 1931 (# 2519) – Boxer receiving flowers

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Cover : Battered boxer receives a big bouquet of flowers in the ring, not signed, but the style looks like Ed. Graham.

– Full page color Ethyl Gasoline ad with nice art of elephant carrying a tree, Power, art not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Robert L. Dickey (Gee, Sandy, I wonder what was his racket?), Ellison Hoover (The barber who opened a speakeasy), Edwina (Fair and warmer), Alfred Frueh (high rise construction worker falls off while watching a parachutist pass by, calls him a Sissy!), Paul Carruth (The nervous man and the ladies’ room).
– Two page art by Victor C. Anderson, “The end of the auction sale,” sad old couple watching buyers pack up their possessions including a crib.
– Some current events include : Wickersham Commission, President Hoover is a Dry, Prohibition is based on fear, Will Irwin.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1931 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!