Life Magazine – June 6, 1918 (# 1858) – Knitting for servicemen

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Cover : Little girl knitting from a huge ball of yarn as two “boys” in the service look on, “Woman’s work is never done,” art by Rodney Thomson.

– Full page color ads for Omar cigarettes (neat art on black of fisherman), Mimeograph (with photo of office worker).
– Full page ad for the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Life magazine subscription, Waltham watches, White Trucks, Timken bearings, Beeman’s gum, Vacuum oil tests.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Rodney Thomson (The last shot … the dog pulling the cord to set off the canon, all the men are dead), F. T. Richards (May), Charles Dana Gibson (Thanks, German autocracy thanking Russian anarchy for killing Bolshevism in New Russia), Harry Grant Dart (Uncle Sam telling Sinn Fein that when he stabs John Bull he is also stabbing him), Ellison Hoover (Eine Plunder-fest).
– Small photos of fatherless French children, Baby 1843 Marcelle Hirsch, Baby 2151 Yvonne Baroin, Baby 548 Jeanne Nicaise and her mother, Baby 2285 Emile Metifiot, Babies 239 and 330 Jean Guinois and Raymonde Guinois.
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall, The pedigree of the farm : down to the present owner.
– Some current events include : Our last winter was so thorough it might be expected to suffice for at least two seasons, M. Tardieu tells the French that the Americans are making guns, motors and ships quickly, McAdoo discharged all the railroad presidents, Brisbane-Hearst combination has lasted 21 years, Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes has been found guilty in Kansas City of violating the Espionage Act.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1918 content – fun!