Life Magazine – May 18, 1911 (# 1490) – Astronomy

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Cover : Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful scene of small boy looking through telescope as older astronomer looks on, “A trip to the moon,” art by Herbert Paus.

– CELESTIAL NUMBER.

– Full page color ad for Eastman Kodak company (with photo of girl in blue on the deck of a sailboat).

– Full page black and white ads for Columbia Motor Car Company (with art by Edward Poucher), Ainslee’s magazine, Packard Motor Car Company (with nice art of the 1912 Packard 30 Phaeton), Hupmobile (Storming the last defense of the man who “can’t afford it”), Willys-Overland (Model 52), Country Life in America magazine with homage to editor John M. Carrere who just died in a taxicab accident.

– Life’s family album about artist C. J. Budd with a small photo of him.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Forbell (A precaution which will soon be necessary – net spread over city to catch falling aviators), Harry Grant Dart (First authentic picture from the planet Mars, showing the inhabitants to be a refined, intelligent and highly cultured race), Harold Imbrie (If … or Country Life in America, with poem), Orson Lowell (woman putting clergy man in his place over women voting).

– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall (very nice scene of man giving woman roses and woman kissing the man in return, “The pleasure of giving”).

– Some current events include : Henry Kitchell Webster’s article on Gods and Brothers, English method has accomplished marvels in India, Mr. Price Collier, Managing the Phillipines.

– Half page ad for Speedwell cars and trucks, illustrated.

– And much, much more.