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Life Magazine – January 10, 1918 (# 1837) – War Souvenirs
$58.00
Magazine Condition : Good
Out of stock
Description
Cover : Happy American soldier with a whole bunch of German helmets and other German military schwag, “Souvenirs for Susie,” art by Paul Stahr.
– Full page color ads for Lexington Motor Company (Lexington Minute Man Six, nice art of car, plane and people on beach, not signed), Pall Mall cigarettes (Shipmates, with port hole and other nautical stuff).
– Cute little artwork by Paul Reilly of dog looking at mounted skeleton of dinosaur, “Well, well! This must be his meatless Tuesday.”
– Full page black and white ads for Miller Rubber Company (Miller Tires, If ever one comes back I am penalized (says the worker, poor guy!)), White Company (Expressive of a permanent ideal, New York home of the White Motor Car Company), Resinol soap (signed with an illegible triangular glyph).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (Thoughts on glory, skeletal jailer and despondent German), Charles Forbell (in ye goode olde days : ye olde clothes man), Ellison Hoover (two pages, why not emply Americans?), Harry Grant Dart (Again the Barbarian visits Italy).
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Rea Irvin, The home wonderful – art in everything.
– Some current events include : Trotzky peace maneuvers, Count Gzernin, Peace talks have not included enough yet, Coal troubles, Distribution of coal in the US, Congressman Gillette of Massachusetts, Colonel Roosevelt advocates for universal military training as our permanent national policy.
– Small photo of fatherless French child Suzanne Bertrand, Baby 1358.
– Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1918 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!
