Life Magazine – January 4, 1912 (# 1523) – AUTOS!! – Bubble Number

Life Magazine – January 4, 1912 (# 1523) – AUTOS!! – Bubble Number

Cover : Chauffeur and lady waiting indulgently in big car and two little boys in a fancy go-cart cross in front, “The Latest Model,” art by Robert John Wildhack.

– BUBBLE NUMBER (has a huge number of automotive ads).
– This is an extremely FAT issue, 2 to 3 times the normal number of pages.
– Full page color Baker Electrics car ad with lady in green cloak entering coach, art possibly by R. W. Campbell.
– Full page color Peerless car ad, 48-Six, six-passenger Torpedo.
– Full page color 1912 Stevens-Duryea Sixes car ad, art by Myron C. Perley.
– Full page color Locomobile car ad.
– Full page color White Company car ad.
– Lovely full page color Stoddard Dayton Saybrook car ad with interesting art done with outlines and pastels.
– Handsome full page color Pope-Hartford car ad.
– Full page color Oldsmobile ad.
– Full page color R-C-H, R. C. Hupp, car ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Unsigned (Abbott Motor company car ad), J. Conacher (One o’ the biggest men in the country?…), Harrison Cady (The Gay White way as it looks to one who has failed), R. G. Russom (Wonderful art – Submarine possibilities), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : golfing in the suburbs of Yokohama), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : Bobbing for pretzels in Berlin), Rea Irvin (Sports of all Nations : The Turkish patrol rounding up the unwashed  Turks), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : diving for pearls in the South Seas), F. T. Richards (Two pages : Annual review for 1911), Orson Lowell (The Song of his youth, at times there are fears that some of the Ingott billions may be willed out of the family, landscape format), Art Young (Two pages : The United States of America, greatest show on earth), Wm. H. Walker (The time fuse),
– Long poem read at the Automobile Club Dinner in New York, The Automobile Speaks, by E. S. Martin.
– Full page ad for Speedwell Motor Car company with photo, American Motors Company car ad with photo, Elmore Manufacturing car company with art, Jackson Automobile company with art,
– Full page COLOR ads for Permier Motor cars, Maxwell – Briscoe Motor Company, Lozier car with art, Hupp-Yeats electric coach with art, Republic Staggard tires ad, Willys – Garford motor cars with art by R. F. S, Diamond Tires ad with very neat art by ?? (Artist mark made up of F C S).
– Full page color Pierce Arrow car ad with art by Louis Fancher, “At the country club.”
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall (Time and opportunity wait for no man).
– Some current events include : Speculation over whether President Taft will run again, other Presidential candidates.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1912 content – fun!