Life Magazine – August 3, 1905 (# 1188) – Mermaid and Swimmer

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Cover : Mermaid startled by woman in bright orange swimming costume, Woman startled by bare-chested mermaid, art by Henry Hutt.

– Many great car ads!

– Full page black and white ads for Dorosis shoes, Mutual Life insurance (dark olive green).

– Full page art or cartoon art by Gordon Grant (What the eye does not see, the heart will not grieve for : couples hanging onto hands of a party from a different couple), F. T. Richards (July), A. D. Blashfield (The gentle sport : woman fishing for a man, with poem “to summer” by F. D. S.), Richard Culter (people on a sailboat, with poem by Theodosia Garrison, The Chaperon speaks).

– Kitty on the Wire, by Addison Fox, Jr., short story.

– Small photo of boys at Life’s Fresh Air camp playing Hare and hounds.

– Two page centerspread art by John Edwin Jackson, All the world’s a stage, regular people pulling a stage coach loaded with rich folks.

– Some current events include : Scrutiny of the Life insurance business, Eauitable Insurance company, Ahle of “Town Topics” arrested for black mailing people with the threat of publishing objectionable stories.

– We wish Commander and Mrs. Peary and their family good luck in their present quest for the North Pole.

– And much more 1905   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!