Life Magazine – April 17, 1919 (# 1903) – His old Regiment

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Cover : A woman’s tailor salutes out his window to a passing military parade, “His old regiment,” art by Power O’Malley.

– Full page color ads for Pierce Arrow (Lady and Butler standing in fine entryway, not signed), Columbia Gradonola (The song their hearts carried home).
– Full page ads for United States Tires (art signed but not quite legible, E. Horley??), Kelly Cords (Kelly-Springfield tires, unusual ad, most of page blank), Miller Rubber Company (Miller Inner Tubes), Packard Motor Car price insurance,  Goodyear tires (with half page photo), Canadian Pacific Railroad, Milburn Wagon Company (Milburn Light Electric car – nice ad!), Tuxedo tobacco, Willys-Overland.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. Foster Lincoln (How did that woman ever manage to get invited here?), Rodney Thomson (A Rococo Idyl), Charles Dana Gibson (Don’t you think you could learn to love Me? … And keep up with all my other engagements?), Strothmann (Breakers ahead … steam ship “League of Nations” about to run into a rocky shore “U.S. Senate”).
– Small comic artwork by artist DM (who knows this artist?), “Are you the fool-killer? You must be looking for our congressman.” … “He can wait.  Just now I’m after his constituents.”
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton, Lady Civilization using a fire hose on the fires of anarchy, Aftermath.
– Half page art by Maud Grant-Ford, three horses behind sign “Convalescent.”
– Some current events include : Brother Brisbane-Hearst keeps screeching in large type that the League of Nations is a British conspiracy and must perish, Paris Peace Congress, Potential parade in New York of the 77th division, Controversy over earlier parade of 27th division, the Irish.
– And much, much more.