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Life Magazine – July 5, 1906 (# 1236) – 4th of July Number

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:06:22 +0000

Cover : Life’s cherub as Uncle Sam running from flying Fire Cracker, art by James Montgomery Flagg.

– FOURTH OF JULY NUMBER.
– Lovely Full page color Oldsmobile ad, Olds Motor Works, art by H. Benton, possibly Harry Stacey Benton.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Henry Hutt (Lovely lady and July calendar page), Horace Taylor (From our airship : The glorious fourth), Arthur Lewis (The new peril : a quiet landing of the up-in-the-air club – hot air balloons).
– Full page Murad cigarettes ad with art of Boardwalk and Beach at Atlantic City.
– Half page art by Oliver Herford (An alphabet of Bores : J for Johnnie and K for Kaiser).
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker (The surrender of General Public at New York Town, 1906).
– The Kadoot of Lyssore by Tom Masson.
– Some current events include : Brown University made Henry Watterson an LLD at commencement, The whole nation needs a new baptism of the old virtue of honesty, Meat-Packers rumpus, Mr. Bryan as a Presidential candidate, Panama canal will be with locks.
– Photo of three children writing home at Life’s Fresh Air Camps.
– And much more 1906 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – May 3, 1906 (# 1227) – San Francisco earthquake

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:03:31 +0000

Cover : Life cherub painting nature scene with hearts in the sky, art by E. N. Clark.

– Many car ads.
– Full page color Shawknit socks ad, Shaw Stocking company, with art of Uncle Sam.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Henry Hutt (Lovely lady holding up blooming branch with May calendar page), F. T. Richards (April), Harrison Cady (The original moving day).
– Two page centerspread art by J. M. Flagg (probably James Montgomery Flagg) : A few new ones for central park, statues of Nat Goodwin, Joe Weber, Lilian Russell, Frank Daniels, Marie Dressler and Francis Wilson.
– One third page Murad cigarettes ad with art by Hampton of McGown’s Pass Tavern in Central Park, New York.
– Some current events include : Fire burning San Francisco after Earthquake, much on San Francisco and earthquakes in editor’s column, Scientists wonder if SF quake is related to recent activities of Vesuvius, Revolt of Zionites against Elijah Dowie, Divorce and remarriage and the case of John and Harriet.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1906 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – May 10, 1906 (# 1228) – Aid to San Francisco

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:02:05 +0000

Cover : Two little girls being greeted by man, “Well, Mamie, ain’t it a caution the way us girls get spoke to by strange men#8221;, art by Raymond Moreau Crosby.

– Full page Franklin Type D car ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Horace Taylor (From our airship : joys of spring),
– Two page centerspread art by W. B. King (Anyway, We’re alone – shipwrecked couple).
– Some current events include : Some dangerous things sometimes get thrashed out between Presidential elections, Almost an embarrassment of riches has been poured out in aid of burned San Francisco and shaken California, Panama Canal, Mr. Aldrich of Standard Oil and the free alcohol bill.
– Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1906 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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Life Magazine – May 17, 1906 (# 1229) – John Cecil Clay – Lady Spring

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:00:30 +0000

Cover : Lovely lady in spring scene with growing bean plants, I think, art by John Cecil Clay.

– Full page color Kodak photos ad with artwork.

– Full page art or cartoon art by C. Greenawalt (The opening of the automobile season), W. B. King (Why did you have the sun dial moved?), Hampton (Murad cigarettes ad with Claremont, New York City).

– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker (Signing the Declaration of Independence, revised version).

– Some current events include : Heresy trial in the Episcopal church with Dr. Crapsey of Rochester, Protestant churches, Creeds and the interpretation of them cannot be settled in heresy trials.- Much more.

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Life Magazine – May 24, 1906 (# 1230) – lovely Quaker Rice ad

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:59:04 +0000

Cover : Uncle Sam as a rooster, “A prophecy, just as I expected,” art by William H. Walker.

– Full page lovely Quaker Rice (puffed) ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by R. M. Crosby (The latest greatest author : the morning her book appears, Angeline Smith)
– Two page centerspread art by WM Balfour-Ker (Central).
– Some current events include : Guessing what Roosevelt will do after March 4, 1909, Panama Canal, S. S. McClure and his staff muck rakers are parting company, Work of relieving and rebuilding San Francisco.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – May 31, 1906 (# 1231) – Good safe bank?

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:57:37 +0000

Cover : Gentleman asking Uncle Sam, “Can you recommend a good, safe bank in your town where I can borrow five dollars#8221; : in Financial Circles, art by Raymond Moreau Crosby.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (May), Horace Taylor (May 30, the Nation’s mourning, Decoration Day).
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker (The triumph of boodle over birth).
– Some current events include : The President needs a phrase-maker to word his denials for him, Allison amendment of the Railroad Rates bill, Senator Tillman, The Duma, Ambassador Reid used in an advertisement for a London hotel.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – June 7, 1906 (# 1232) – Taking on a pilot

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:56:05 +0000

Cover : Life cherub climbing on board a cruise ship with a bag of Life magazines, “Taking on the Pilot,” art by James Montgomery Flagg.

– A fat issue.
– Full page color Shredded Wheat cereal ad, Naturall Food Company of Niagara Falls, with art.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Henry Hutt (Graduate with June calendar page), F. W. Read (A Candidate),
– One third page Murad cigarettes ad with National League Baseball, Polo Grounds, New York.
– A second-hand elephant by Addison Fox, Jr.
– Two page centerspread art by WM Balfour-Ker (Two dreams : breakers ahead).
– Some current events include : The President did his reputation damage in his final gyrations and explosions over the Railroad Rates bill, Senator Tillman, Senator Bailey, A mob in Springfield, Missouri hanged and burned three negroes on April 14 and the mob is now being indicted for manslaughter, San Francisco earthquake and fire, New York police and their efforts to keep Chinese from gambling.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1906 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – June 14, 1906 (# 1233) – Read something more modern!

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:54:36 +0000

Cover : Daughter cajoling her father to stop reading Emerson and read something more modern, not signed.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Horace Taylor (Why a speed limit for autos With our strap training we can abolish sidewalks and give them the whole street), J. Conacher (The two Lambs).

– Two page centerspread art by C. Clyde Squires (One touch of nature).

– Cute photo of four boys on a stone fence at Life’s Fresh Air Camp.

– Some current events include : Prospects for current college graduates.

– Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1906 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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Life Magazine – June 21, 1906 (# 1234) – Reading to you

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:53:16 +0000

Cover : Owl reading a book, “To who To you,” art by Pete .

– Lovely Full page color Kodak ad with art of woman and butterfly in field.
– Half page art by Oliver Herford (An alphabet of Bores : E for Egotist and F for Familiar Friend).
– One third page Murad cigarettes ad with The Casino, Newport.
– Two page centerspread art by James Montgomery Flagg (The game of authors).
– Some current events include : Whew and cry over the Chicago packing houses, Bad meat, Congress worked hard this session, When you see an anarchist coming down the street, leave the lid off the coal-hole, Times of Reformation.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – March 1, 1906 (# 1218) – Spring is here!

Brenda Wiard — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:49:54 +0000

Cover : LOVELY artwork of Father Spring in red robe, maiden in green sprinkling blossoms, Old man winter sneaking away underfoot, “The First Green of the Season,” art by Charles Broughton.

– SPRING : A fat issue.
– Full page green Ford Motor car ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Henry Hutt (Lovely lady with small March calendar), F. T. Richards (February).
– Von Blumer goes in for health by T. M.
– Two page centerspread art by James Montgomery Flagg (Clergyman attempts to stop a sailor from throwing a life ring labeled Divorce to a shipwrecked couple on the heaving waves of Matrimony : The Derelict).
– Some current events include : Two opinions about the hospitalities shown to the visiting Chinese commissioners, China should develop organization to take care of herself in this aggressive world, The pay of army officers.
– Full page color Stearns Motor car ad.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1906 content – fun!

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