Life Magazine – January 2, 1931 (# 2513) – Pretend Beach

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Cover : Cute scene with couple sitting under beach umbrella and sun lamp, pretending that their livingroom is the beach, art by Ed Graham.

– Full page ads for Sheaffers Pens (color), Life’s Dog Calendar (consists of the same dog image on the cover of August 1, 1912, art by Carlton Smith), Ford cars (color : the new Ford Victoria).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Victor C. Anderson (The Big Shot, small boy shooting rifle), Edwina (Sinbad : ring out the old, ring in the new), Gluyas Williams (The Yards : that mythical place where people go who don’t get up when the porter calls them, railroad humor), Leonard Holton (Overproduction),.
– Side trips for Somnambulists, by Tom Sims.
– Cute half page cartoon art by G. B. Inwood, Home Life in Norway, with everyone on skis including the dog and cat.
– Two page art by T. S. Sullivant, Moses – the first traffic cop, reprinted from Life September 9, 1926.
– Some current events include : Bishop Manning – Judge Lindsey controversy, Sinclair Lewis’ Nobel prize denunciation, Abraham Flexner’s book on education, “organized praise seems better suited to jam, pickles and chewing gum than it is to human beings.”
– Care and feeding of debutantes, by Jack Cluett.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1931 content – fun!