Life Magazine – June 13, 1918 (# 1859) – Norman Rockwell – Soldier mending

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Cover : Young soldier darning his own sweater, “If Mother could only see me now,” art by Norman Rockwell.

– Full page color ads for Marmon 34 cars (soft green 4-passenger Roadster on black background), Murad cigarettes (peacock theme oriental art, signed with an artist glyph that I do not recognize), Eastman Kodak (soldier reunited with family at seashore).
– Full page ads for Locomobile, Life magazine subscription, Clicquot Club ginger ale (nice art, but not signed, soldier in camp), American Chain (art by Yook), Resinol soap (signed, but illegible), Cole Motor Car company (Cole Aero-eight, Wow NEAT art, not signed).  
– Full page art or cartoon art by R. B. Fuller (The ex-movie-comedian goes out to take a prisoner), Ellison Hoover (two pages, a ninth-inning victory),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, No letter, a sad soldier sitting out of the bunker in the danger zone while all his buddies in the bunker read their letters from home.
– Small photos of fatherless French children, baby 2145 Pierre Bourdillot and his siblings, Babies 2343 and 2342 Denise and Louis Frinzine, Baby 2316 Madeleine Decoeur and her mother.
– Some current events include : The war, war, war, U-boats prowling in US waters, List of Harvard’s war dead includes two German soldiers, General Wood, Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes gets ten years in prison.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1918 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!