Life Magazine – April 8, 1920 (# 1953) – Boy plowing, Father at war.

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Cover : Little boy plowing all on his own, “Carrying on!,” art by Victor C. Anderson.

– Full page color ads for Macbeth lens (car headlights, some color, Principles!), Victrola Victor Talking Machine Company (Music which leads us to the edge of the infinite).
– Full page black and white ads for Kelly-Springfield tires (art by Laurence Fellows), Mimeograph, Packard Motor Car Company (with photo of car and a crowd of men, executives leaving for a conference), Good Year Heavy Tourist Tubes (with photo of two cars racing on a wooden board track speedway), Franklin automobile Company (with art of the Franklin Sedan, signed but I do not recognize the signature).
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. Strothmann (Advance styles for autumn of 1920), Robert L. Dickey (landscape format : To-morrow, my darlings, your eyes will be opened and you will see your beautiful papa (he is a bulldog)), Charles Dana Gibson (Horrible Bore, isn’t it – an affair like this?  Are you aware that I am the hostess?).
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall, From Opposite Ends of the Rainbow, boy wishing to be man, man wishing to be boy.
– Nice half page photo of Special Locomobile sedan.
– Some current events include : President Wilson has not disclosed his intents for or against a third term in office, Prohibition, the Treaty, League of Nations, Diplomat Morgenthau, state of affairs in various countries around the world.
– Cute half page artwork by P. D. Johnson, The village blacksmith hits on a wonderful scheme to stimulate business, he hires a pretty young lady to “man the desk”).
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1920 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!