Life Magazine – July 31, 1931 (# 2543) – Vacation Choices

– Extremely funny play on “A man should exercise the same careful attention in picking a wife that he uses in buying a car.”
– Full page art or cartoon art by Gilbert Bundy (OK, Mr. Doyle, but what is a penthouse?), Edwina (Sinbad : the picnic!), Taskey (The tired business man pursued by a wireless telephone … just like a cell phone these days), J. Cassel (This program comes to you through the courtesy of the 18th amendment), Ralph Barton (two pages from Life 1924 : The triumph of civilized humor, whereby Homo Sapiens demonstrates his superiority over his prehistoric ancestors.)
– Two page centerspread art by Howard K. Elcock, “The movies.”
– Full page color Ethyl Gasoline ad with nice art of white cat, unsigned.
– Full page color Chesterfield cigarettes ad with art of two men canoeing in a hurry across a lake in a lightning storm, I’ve hit the trail to the Silent North.
– And much, much more.