Life Magazine – June 17, 1920 (# 1963) – Soda Fountain – GREAT art

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Cover : Super scene of three young boys sitting at the Soda Fountain counter about to be served by the dour proprietor, “What’ll ye have, gents?,” art by Victor C. Anderson. This is one of the great Life covers!

– Full page color ads for Michelin Universal Cord tries (cool art of the huge Michelin man standing behind a billboard as motorists drive by), Cole Aero-Eight (Tourster, blue car on red on blue), Pall Mall cigarettes (Rounds).

– Full page black and white ads for Eveready Daylo batteries ($10,000 cash prize contest, art of treasure hunter), Miller Tires, Victor Talking Machine Company, Northern tissue, Chandler Six (Chandler adds much to out-door life, art by Glenn Shaw), Studebaker (attractive ad, all women in the car), Warren’s standard printing papers (your customer wants to like your work), Prudential insurance (art by F. M.), Hotakold vacuum vessels (Manning, Bowman and company, thermoses and such).

– Full page art or cartoon art by Harold Tucker Webster (The Angelus, poor old farmer watching as all of his workers leave to work in the factory at higher wages), Robert L. Dickey (The trail of a lonesome pup, muddy paw prints show how the puppy spent the day of mischief), Rea Irvin (The lawn party : our marionettes attend the opening day at Flivverdale), Angus MacDonall (The dream of a popular man, police officer keeping away all the admirers),

– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, That pleasant moment when it turns out that his father is an old flame of your mother’s, young couple are forgotten.

– Some current events include : Republican convention, Great industrial unrest and dissatisfaction is the worst trouble of the world, The Armenian people, League of Nations is said to be a going concern.

– And much, much more.