LIFE 1911 Archives - 2Neat Magazines /product-tag/life-1911/ Original LIFE Magazines For Sale Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:11:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/2neat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LIFE 1911 Archives - 2Neat Magazines /product-tag/life-1911/ 32 32 69036646 Life Magazine – December 7, 1911 (# 1519) – C. Coles Phillips – Christmas /product/life-magazine-december-7-1911-1519-c-coles-phillips/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:49:57 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2250 Magazine Condition : Good (With lovely, framable cover)

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Cover : Man and woman in gorgeous evening attire, “A Christmas Design,” Excellent art by C. Coles Phillips.

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (this issue is about three times as thick as a typical 1911 issue – it is impressively FAT).
– Full page color Oldsmobile car ad with art by George Gibbs, a really new limousine, woman in fancy dress being helped out.
– Full page color Rubberset brushes ad, toothbrush, shaving brush, more.
– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (McCallum hosiery ad), William H. Walker (Santa Claus Taft), William H. Walker (Some of our classmates), Orson Lowell (Proposals in half-portions), Power O’Malley (Two pages : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, are there two santas?), Harry Grant Dart (We’ll all be happy then), Herbert Johnson (Seven aspects of man), Otho Cushing (three pages : Memoirs of Columbia), Arthur Young (Only dreaming), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : trapping sardines in Norway), Rea Irvin (Riding to hounds for “Chop Suey” in China), Rea Irvin (A debate of Dutch uncles in Holland), Mark Fenderson (In the good old days of yore), Poucher (Columbia motor car ad), S (O’Sullivan’s Heels ad), R. F. S. (Garford cars ad),
– Full page color Locomobile car ad with photograph.
– Full page blue ad for “A gallery of Girls” by Coles Phillips with a reproduction of the art from Life cover August 31, 1911.
– WOW : full page color George Frost Company Boston garters (for men) ad with excellent fade-out = fadeaway art by C. Coles Phillips.
– full page color Matheson Silent Six automobile ad, not signed.
– Half page Hamilton Watch ad with photo of engineer James Dempsey and conductor F. M. Kelly of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train.
– Two page color centerspread art by Power O’Malley, “The old house.”
– Full page color Maxwell car ad, art not signed, lady in pink driving, text line at bottom edge trimmed.
– Full page color Goodrich Tires ad with unusual art, not signed, Travel Tire Care Free!
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow motor car ad with art by Louis Fancher.
– Full page color Kodak ad with mother photographing her daughter in bed.
– And much more 1911   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – December 21, 1911 (# 1521) – C. Coles Phillips – Christmas decorations /product/life-magazine-december-21-1911-1521-c-coles-phillips/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:46:31 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2246 Magazine Condition Choices :
Good
(minor light cover soil)
Fair (All Good, but has minor water mark, and an edge tear, no paper missing)

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Cover : Woman climbing ladder to hang Christmas wreaths, “A Dainty thing in Christmas decorations,” nice fade-out = fade away art by C. Coles Phillips.

– Full page red and black R-C-H 25 English-Body roadster ad,  R. C. Hupp car ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Mark Fenderson (Bores), Angus MacDonall (probably : The promoter).
– Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell (Why not make the home attractive : when you know that he prefers tall, willowy blondes?).
– Some current events include : Los Angeles election, Women voters, Suffrage, Lincoln Steffens, McNamara confession, Sherman law.
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow car ad, At the horse show, with art by Louis Fancher.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 28, 1911 (# 1522) – Travel /product/life-magazine-december-28-1911-1522/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:40:54 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2244 Magazine Condition : Good 

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Cover : Five forms of motorized transport in action, motorcycle, car, train, ship, and airplane, “Any place but home,” art by Charles Broughton.

– WINTER TRAVEL NUMBER.
– Full page color Pall Mall cigarettes ad on back cover with Christmas theme and gold background.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (December), William H. Walker (T. R. Janus 1908-1911, Teddy Roosevelt), Rea Irvin (Some little journeys to the homes of people we know),
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, “The collision … see daily papers of that date,” just amazing aerial humor.
– Life’s Family Album : artist William Balfour Ker.
– Some current events include : Russia won’t let Jews who have left back in, It is to be wished that Jews were more popular, much on Jewish people.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – October 5, 1911 (# 1510) – B. Cory Kilvert – Speed Number /product/life-magazine-october-5-1911-1510-b-cory-kilvert/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:39:01 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2242 Magazine Condition Choices :
Good
Fair
(All Good, except cover edges have mild soil.  Central spread page loose from staples and partly split along central crease)
Fair (Generally Good, but has a corner water mark and bottom is slightly rumpled)
If ordering a FAIR, please tell me which you prefer.

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Cover : Portly old fellow riding a Draisienne or hobby horse or walking machine, a bicycle that was just two wheels and a seat platform, no pedals, “Exceeding the speed limit,” art by B. Cory Kilvert.

– SPEED NUMBER.
– Full page color Sylvan Toilet Soap ad, Armour and Company, art by Penrhyn Stanlaws.
– Curious full page Sanatogen food-tonic ad, a medical fix-all, Bauer Chemical company.
– Lovely full page Baker Electrics car ad with birches, Baker Motor Vehicle company, artist signature might be R. W. Campbell (The “bell” part is unclear), or R. J. Campbell.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Harrison Cady (Life’s model speed lunch – extremely CUTE!), Rea Irvin (Come across wid de rest of yer things sport ).
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Orson Lowell (The Unravelling of another mystery – graduate winding yard from skein which is the rings of Saturn).
– Some current events include : President Taft’s speech in Detroit, Sherman anti-trust act, Canada rejects trade reciprocity, Congress admits that our monetary system is bad, Mr. Aldrich.
– Long story, The Transferred suitor by T. L. M.
– Full page color General Electric ad with Edison, art by C. B.
– Full page color Belle Mead Sweets ad.
– And much more 1911   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – October 12, 1911 (# 1511) – C. Coles Phillips – Light housekeeping /product/life-magazine-october-12-1911-1511-c-coles-phillips/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:36:59 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2240 Magazine Condition : Good 

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Cover : Fancy woman doing some cooking, “The Light housekeeper,” art by C. Coles Phillips, modified fade-out.  This is a GREAT cover!

– Full page color Oldsmobile car ad with car going through creek, Confidence Inspiring Ability, art not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert L. Scherzer (Shoo!), William L. Jacobs (In the toils of the police), Poucher (Columbia Motor Car ad)
– Two page centerspread art by Herbert Paus (Stage struck).
– Some current events include : Sherman law, Slump of reciprocity, veto of the amended wool schedule, President’s Western trip, Rotation of crops but not of wives, Italy declares war on Turkey, Standardization of Finland by Russia.
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow car ad with art by Louis Fancher, At the country club.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – October 19, 1911 (# 1512) – Boston /product/life-magazine-october-19-1911-1512/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:35:07 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2238 Magazine Condition Choices :
Fair
(All Good, nice, but has a very minor margin water mark)
Fair (All Good, but has corner margin water mark, often faint)
Please tell me which Fair you prefer.

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Cover : School boy pointing to map of Boston, “Bostoniensibus Omnia Bostonia,” art by Paul Goold.

– BOSTON NUMBER.
– Full page color Waverley Electric Limousine-Five ad with nice art, signature looks like Richardson.
– Full page Packard Motor Car Company ad with photo of trucks and men at Acme Tea company of Philadelphia.
– Full page color art by Ralph Briggs Fuller, little boy stealing from fruit stand and offering a piece to a policeman, “Bribery.”
– Full page color art by Rea Irvin, “Anarchistic Artist : shall I paint him or kill him?”
– Full page art or cartoon art by R. F. S. (Garford Motor Cars ad).
– Half page Sanitol tooth paste ad with the fade-out style.
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, “The hub of the universe.”
– Some current events include : President Taft on his Western Trip, in Denver he spoke on conservation, Sherman law, Mr. Hearst and his newspapers, Italy and Turkey, Austin dam breaks in Pennsylvania.
– Full page color Peerless car ad with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, art not signed.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – November 2, 1911 (# 1514) – C. Coles Phillips – Thanksgiving /product/life-magazine-november-2-1911-1514-c-coles-phillips/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:31:32 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2234 Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, nice with  nice front cover, but has a minor margin water spot.)

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Cover : Nurse attending a black toddler in a very white hospital, “The honored guest,” art by C. Coles Phillips.

THANKSGIVING NUMBER.
– Full page color Lozier car ad with nice art by George Gibbs showing car and horse riders on the hunt.
– Full page ad for Sanatogen, the food tonic, Bauer Chemical company.
– Full page Packard Motor Cars ad with nice art, signed but illegible.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (October), William H. Walker (Thanksgiving or otherwise), Poucher (Columbia Motor car ad).
– Excellent COLOR Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell, lady sitting between two football players of different teams, I suspect Harvard and Yale.
– Some current events include : William J. Bryan is a friend of President Taft, Legal aspects of the Trust question, Los Angeles trial, Baseball series, Mr. Baker of Philadelphia (baseball player), Mrs. Pankhurst, Suffrage.
– Full page color Pope-Hartford car ad with excellent art, not signed.
– Full page color Stoddard = Dayton Motor car ad, Saybrook touring car.
– And much more 1911   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – November 9, 1911 (# 1515) – Wall Street Number /product/life-magazine-november-9-1911-1515/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:28:32 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2230 Magazine Condition Choices :
Fair
(All Good, nice with nice front cover, but removed from bound volume, so spine is a bit rough, binding string remnants may be visible, double pages may loosen.  Minor margin water mark.  Note : front cover has a tear in white margin near spine, no paper missing. Reasonable copy of this sought-after issue for a gift.)
Fair (Generally Good, nice copy, but has some very light water marking)
POOR (All Good, nice, but missing half of center spread.  This affects "The first bear raid" and "to the slaughter."  A nice reading copy!)
If ordering a FAIR, please tell me which you prefer.

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Cover : Working man looking at stock ticker tape, “When Greek meets Greek,” art by Wildhack (good example of his pawprint mark).

– WALL STREET NUMBER (much on stocks, stock brokers, investing and such).
– Full page Sanitol tooth paste ad with fade-out style art.
– Full page Locomobile ad with the 1912 four passenger Torpedo.
– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (Hupp-Yeats electric car ad), Arthur Young (The animals he meets when he has money to invest), Angus MacDonall (The winner and the losers, landscape format – this art is applicable in 2011), R. Pechner (possibly)(On a margin).
– Full page COLOR art by Rea Irvin, “… is it the only pattern you have?”, white hunter talking to native painting a tiger skin.
– Full page color art by Paul Goold, “The first bear raid,” bear carrying off pig from fort.
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker, “To the slaughter,” lambs running down Wall Street, vertical format.
– Some current events include : La Follette’s tale in the American Magazine, Insurgent Senator Cummins of Iowa, John Gates and his wire factories, Taft needs to cut short his Western Trip and return to Washington.
– Full page color Oldsmobile car ad, Going Down Fifth Avenue, nice art by George Gibbs.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – November 16, 1911 (# 1516) – Chicago Number /product/life-magazine-november-16-1911-1516/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:25:26 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2228 Magazine Condition Choices :
Fair
(All Good, nice with nice front cover, but removed from bound volume, so spine is a bit rough, binding string remnants may be visible, double pages may loosen.  Minor margin water mark.)
Fair (All Good, but cover is loose and split along spine, with minor light soil).
Fair (All Good, but has a water marked margin, and some short edge tears)
Please tell me which FAIR you prefer.

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Cover : Nurse presenting a shocked father with triplets, “In a growing city,” art by James Montgomery Flagg.

– CHICAGO NUMBER.
– Full page color Baker Electrics car ad, Baker Motor-Vehicle company, with nice art of man and woman in fancy dress getting in, art by illegible (Here it looks like S. V. Camp, but in other related ads it looked more like R. W. Campbell).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Bayard Jones (If love could pay the bills, landscape format), Orson Lowell (No man is an old master to his wife).
– Full page ad for the Hotel La Salle in Chicago, with great artwork showing two women in a corner in the main lobby, not signed.
– Full page with photo pertaining to Maxwell-Briscoe cars finishing the 1454 mile Glidden tour, the only ones without penalties.
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, “A thousand miles from Broadway.”
– Some current events include : Joseph Pulitzer is dead, He left a million dollars to found a school of journalism, Much on Pulitzer.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – November 23, 1911 (# 1517) – Being good /product/life-magazine-november-23-1911-1517/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:23:38 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=2226 Magazine Condition : Fair (All Good, but has a light margin water mark)

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Cover : Woman addressing young boy, both hiding lit cigarettes behind their back, “Are you a good boy?,” art by Walter Tittle.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Orson Lowell (How about a society for the prevention of cruelty to parents), unsigned (Packard Motor Car ad), Fred G. Cooper (A Plymouth tale), W. O. Wilson (John, I’m sorry that Ethel has engaged herself to that young Poreleigh), R. F. S. (Garford Motor Cars).
– Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell, “The intelligent gentlemen of the jury.”
– Some current events include : Elections, Tammany charter, Levy bills, Frawley bills, Bills to feed the cohorts of Murphy, More on Joseph Pulitizer, Mr. Wickersham, Sherman law.
– “People, in cities especially, seem to be acquiring an effectual appetite for government that will benefit the governed.”
– Much more.

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