Life Magazine – January 9, 1919 (# 1889) – Returning Soldiers

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Cover : Soldier standing a lonely night guard as lady in the clouds guards him from above, art not signed, looks like colored pencil or pastels.

– Full page color ad for Pall Mall cigarettes (with nice art of U.S. Naval Officer’s equipment with bi-wing pontoon plane in background).
– Full page ads for Life’s prints, Goodyear tires, Life magazine subscription (with art by Angus MacDonall).
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (two pages, a review of 1918), Calvert (If she could express her emotions : statue of liberty welcoming home battle ships), Percy L. Crosby (As he told it to the folks at home).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Portrait of a gentleman on his way to meet his son who is returning from France.
– Small photos of fatherless French children : Baby 2859 Pierre Bocqueaux, Baby 1525 Mireille Gosselin and his sisters, Baby 2623 Jean Jaffry, Baby 3022 Francoise Lucido, Baby 2763 Claudine Vincon with her siblings, Baby 2796 Georges Laverdet, Baby 2776 Jeanne Reyjal with Suzanne Reyjal, Baby 3058 Lucien CAgny, Baby 3080 Roland Gaubert, Baby 3079 Denise Gaubert and brother, Baby 2707 Marie Guichot and her sister.
– Some current events include : Epochal reports of President Wilson’s activities in Europe, King George is a fine speaker, League of Nations, Germany has a hard winter ahead, Russia is still worse off.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1919 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!