Life Magazine – July 1, 1920 (# 1965) – Norman Rockwell – American Legion

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Cover : Young family in the foreground, running soldier in the background, “Carrying on,” art by the wonderful Norman Rockwell.

– AMERICAN LEGION NUMBER.

– Full page color ads for Pantasote car top material (GREAT art of Columbia Crest at Mount Rainier National Park … note that Rainier is misspelled as RANIER), Michelin Tire company (25 years ago and today), Clicquot Club Ginger Ale (nice art of Eskimo child handing ginger ale to a couple in a red canoe, signed with a B in a curvy triangle), Estey Residence Pipe Organ (nice evening scene in grand home, signed but illegible, last name ends in Y), Ward’s Orange Crush soda (Two glorious pages, art by G. H. Mitchell), Mercer Motors company (Gorgeous scene of car driving through autumn wheat fields, signed but I do not recognize it, possibly Al G. P or A.H.G. P, the “P” is some kind of stylized glyph – do you know this artist?), Columbia Grafonola (nice beach side art by Barclay), Coca-Cola (neat night time carnival scene, not signed), Rigaud Parfum (harem and peacock, art by A. Rahn), Hinds Cream (for sunburn, lovely art of young woman), Curtice Brothers (Blue label foods, sailing art with sailboat Alice), La Creole Hair color (art by Church), Hires root beer (note, ad does not say “root beer”), Colgate’s shaving stick.

– Full page black and white ads for Waltham watches (Proof), Equinox Mountain Spring beverages (Equinox spa and pavilion, Manchester, Vermont), Mimeograph (Developed for speed, with a race horse, art by RFH), Packard Motor Car Company (Who pays for all the discarded cars), W. & J. Sloane furniture, U.S. Pneumatic Truck tires, Columbia Motors (Columbia six, art with prickly pear cactus), Metropolitan (Margot Asquith’s diary).

– Full page art or cartoon art by Raymond Moreau Crosby (golfing scene, discussion of allowances between soon-to-be-married couple), H. T. Webster (The conservative, hard-headed banker who refuses to cash a two-dollar check for us without proper identification, banker is handing off a huge pile of liberty bonds for an unknown young boy to deliver), Charles Dana Gibson (Flanders fields, sad Uncle Sam in huge cemetery), Robert L. Dickey (Findin’s ‘s keepin’s, two dogs and one bone), Ellison Hoover (To make the world safe, giant soldier looking down at the behind-doors machinations of politicians and businessmen), Louis Raemaekers (Among the quiet woods of Amerongen …, rich old man surrounded by reaching skeletons),

– The American Legion and the Service Men.

– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall, The Same Spirit, a parade of military men of various branches and politicians.

– Some current events include : Mr. Harding’s wife prefers that he continues as a senator, Presidential candidates, Colonel House has gone abroad.

– And much more 1920   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!