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Life Magazine – December 2, 1915 (# 1727)

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:12:49 +0000

Cover : Santa in his sleigh with his reindeer, art by Victor C. Anderson

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (An extra FAT issue with 95 pages)
– Half page artwork by Power O’Malley of Santa dropping a bomb down the conning tower of a German submarine, The better the day, the better the deed.
– Full page color ads for Victrola (art by Norman Price), Great Western Champagne (signed, but I don’t recognize, A. S. co), Great White Fleet (living the past in present day comfort), Aeolian Company (art by Clara Elsene Peck), Columbia Graphophone, Daniel Green felt slippers, Tuxedo tobacco, Cook’s Imperial champagne, Egyptian deities cigarettes (great art by CP), Heublein Club cocktails.
– Full page ads for Exide electric storage battery (with muscular man), White Rock mineral water, Old Hampshire Bond stationery, Johnnie Walker Whisky (art by Leo Cheney), New Edison phonograph, Oneida community silver, Havone cigarette cases), Western Electric Company, Velvet smoking tobacco.
– Full page color art by Calvert (Her surprise for Mother), Will Rannells (A tough proposition … boxer dog in plaid cap with cigarette).
– Full page art or cartoon art by R. M. Crosby (Preparedness), Charles Dana Gibson (You don’t mean to say, Estelle, that you are tired of settlement work?), Paul Stahr (It’s a wise boy that knows his own father … dressed as Santa), T. S. Sullivant (The first high power car), Unsigned (probably Irvin or Forbell : Just supposing), Angus MacDonall (Landscape format : Second-hand furniture), Charles Dana Gibson (And you went to the Panama Exposition on your wedding trip?), Angus MacDonall (landscape format : Pals), Bayard Jones (a combination in restraint of osculation), Charles Forbell (Willie’s nightmare after playing hookey for the first time), Charles A. Voight (The theorist).
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson, “Finishing touches,” little boy painting scribbles over his father’s landscape painting.
– Christmas 1915 by editor Edward S. Martin.
– Dogs and their heroes by E. V. Lucas.
– And much more 1915 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – December 9, 1915 (# 1728) – Monster under the bed

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:11:14 +0000

Cover : Puppy pulling at the bed covers and scaring the child in the bed, “Spooks!,” charming art by John LaGatta.

– Full page color Rameses cigarettes ad with striking art.
– Two page ad for Aeolian Vocalion phonographs, My wonderful inclusive gift, the one I will make to my wife.
– Full page ads for Reed & Barton jewelry, White Cars announcement, Studebaker cars (art by Donald Gardner), Vanity Fair (no cover).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles A. Voight (The theorist), F. T. Richards (November), Forbell (probably) (An Ideal father : one who can lick all the fathers in the neighborhood), T. S. Sullivant (Prehistoric equivalent of a dog fight).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (Christmas Eve Visitors).
– Some current events include : Education of Henry Ford, We all hate the war, Mr. Lansing’s note to England about international law and American shipping.
– Excellent full page color Bull Durham smoking tobacco ad with art of ski jumper.
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – December 16, 1915 (# 1729) – Will Rannells – Collie and Mail

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:09:18 +0000

Cover : Collie dog holding the mail in its mouth, “R.F.D.,” art by Will Rannells.

– Full page color Willys Knight car ad with nice winter scene.
– Very very pretty full page color ad for Phoenix Silk Hose, man and woman, with chair, wreath and apple, “In beautiful holiday boxes,” “Christmas “Eve”,” art looks very similar to C. Coles Phillips, but it is not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker whisky ad), Birch (Mother, I may as well warn you that if there’s …), C. A. Voight (The Theorist, golf), Charles Dana Gibson (Bobby, do you know …), William H. Walker (two pages : Sancho ; You’ve got him, Henry!).
– Life’s Short stories by Randolph Hartley and Elliott Flower.
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson, “Going to see his Grandmother … Seeing her.”
– Some current events include : 64th congress has opened, Excellent people feel the war is unchristian, Deep sentiment that the USA is not doing its duty in the world, Belgium, Lusitania, more war topics.
– Full page color Richmond Straight Cut cigarettes with art by Herbert Roth.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 23, 1915 (# 1730)

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:07:26 +0000

Cover : Woman putting the finishing touches on a snowman, “Making a man of him,” art by victor C. Anderson.

– Full page color Milo Egyptian cigarettes ad with art by Geo Hollrock, with pool surrounded by statues of Venus De Milo, Perfect from every point of view.
– Full page art or cartoon art by William H. Walker (Seeing the sights), Charles Dana Gibson (I can assure you that when your daughter is graduated from my school you won’t know her), C. A. Voight (The theorist, pitchfork use), Not signed but I think it is FGC (Should militarism prevail).
– Full page ad with large photo for Jeffery Quad 4wd tractor truck.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton (Portrait format, Christmas 1915).
– Some current events include : Henry Ford and his mission to Europe, The war is about as popular as an epidemic of typhoid, William Hohenzollern.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 30, 1915 (# 1731)

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:05:38 +0000

Cover : Old man looking at the clock at midnight as young man slides down the banister, the changing of the year, “The ghostly hour,” art by Victor C. Anderson.

– Full page color and handsome Murad Turkish cigarettes ad with Santa smoking, not signed, “Everywhere – Why?”
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (December), William H. Walker (We don’t know where we’re going, but we’re on the way … Henry Ford), Power O’Malley (Happy New Year).
– Life’s Short Stories by Louise Pond Jewell and Reginald Barlow.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (A story from the front).
– Some current events include : Ancona, Our national character is felt to be getting faint in its lines and wobbly, Unfinished Lusitania negotiation, Republicans, Prisons and Warden Osborne, Public Service Commission.
– Very nice full page color Baker Electric car ad, Fashion’s Car, signed with a glyph that looks like a carriage or wagon, or maybe an H with a crown.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – October 14, 1915 (# 1720) – Dreaming of being a Gunfighter

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:03:58 +0000

Cover : Little boy dreaming of being a gunfighter and chasing off two bandits, “After the movies,” art by Clement H. Donshea.

– Full page color Rameses cigarettes ad with interesting green reed background, Stephano Bry.
– Half page Remington rifles ad with dressed bears and deer, art by Lynn Bogue Hunt.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Teale (White company motor cars ad), Orson Lowell (The breakfast mail of a matinee favorite), Harry Grant Dart (Uncle Sam : I ought to have something better than that), William H. Walker (Why don’t you strike back, Woodrow?).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (Tragic Moments : I trust you will be as happy as we have been).
– Some current events include : The Allies have at last caught up with Germany in preparation, President Wilson is going to vote for woman suffrage in New Jersey, Admiral Fiske, Gary plan for the public schools, Scott Nearing dismissed from teaching at the University of Pennsylvania (I think, U of P) due to his radical views, Mr. Hearst is a strong pacifist with German leanings.
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow ad with art by Myron Perley, As nearly as a piece of machinery can be art …
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – November 4, 1915 (# 1723) – Thanksgiving

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:02:38 +0000

Cover : Boy with basket of vegetables looking in the window of a meat shop at the turkeys and hams, “The Vegetarian’s Son,” art by Paul Stahr.

– THANKSGIVING NUMBER (much on this holiday).
– Full page color Milo Egyptian cigarettes ad with art of a formal garden by George L. Hollrock.
– Two page ad for Aeolian-Vocalion, new phonograph type in many styles.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky ad), Rm. Crosby (Hints on entertaining, My Dear, here is Mr. Dubbe …), Paul Stahr (Among those present), Charles Dana Gibson (Arthur says when he is at your house …), F.T. Richards (October), R. Langer (ornate White Rock mineral water ad).
– Some current events include : New Jersey voted against Suffrage, Increasing military and naval forces and budgets, The Great War, Execution of Miss Cavell the English nurse (Mount Edith Cavell in the Canadian Rockies is one of many things named for her).
– Gorgeous full page color Great Western Champagne ad with couple at dance, art by A S C.
– And much more 1915 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – November 18, 1915 (# 1725)

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:59:50 +0000

Cover : Young couple sitting together in garden as grandmother and younger sister look on and dream, “Dreamers,’ signed but too faint to read.

– Full page color Vogue ad with smaller reproduction of Vogue Vanity number cover, November 15, 1915 cover, woman in white sitting at her vanity table.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker red label whisky ad), William H. Walker (two pages : “The thing won’t melt”, trying to blend Germans into American melting pot), Robert John Wildhack (The fad to follow dancing, rope skipping), Charles Dana Gibson (Tragic moments, accepting the man you don’t want), Harry Grant Dart (Golly! And you were supposed to be efficient).
– Cats, appeal for financial help for a Cats’ Home, by E. V. Lucas.
– Two page centerspread art by Reginald Bathhurst Birch “If you were to obey that impulse”, couple kissing in middle of dance floor.
– Some current events include : Suffragists did well in election, Mrs. Blatch, Mr. George W. Perkins, People didn’t bother reading the revised constitution, Elihu Root, President Wilson’s Manhattan Club speech for a better military system, Rude treatment of American trade by British blockaders, Brand Whitlock is tired out, Mr. Thomas Mott Osborne’s operations at Sing Sing prison.
– Very lovely full page color Rauch & Lang Electrics, Baker Electrics car ad with lady in orange flowing coat, art by H, artist mark or glyph looks like something nestled on an H, perhaps two people on a coach from behind … if you know this artist, please tell me.
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – November 25, 1915 (# 1726)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 01:57:26 +0000

Cover : Two Native American men looking through a window as the Pilgrim woman inside reads, “The end of the story,” art by Power O’Malley.

– Full page color Vanity Fair ad with small reproduction of cover of December 1915 issue.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Angus MacDonall (Different kinds of providers), William H. Walker (Some of U.S. are seen through German-American spectacles), Angus MacDonall (landscape format : Ancestors and descendants), C. F. Peters (Hints to illustrators : if you haven’t time to read the manuscripts, you might at least make the drawings interesting), Orson Lowell (and before they were married …)
– Life’s short stories by Lewis Allen and Philip Francis Cook.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (also brave : the Parson’s wife).
– Some current events include : President Wilson’s stand for national preparedness, sinking of the ship Ancona, Hearst is against joining the war, Governor Harrison has diligently undone most of the good that American rule in the Philippines had accomplished.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – July 29, 1915 (# 1709) – Cory Kilvert – Neutrality Number

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:55:34 +0000

Cover : Submarine periscope breaking the surface of the ocean, “The Assassin,” art by B. Cory Kilvert.

– NEUTRAL NUMBER (neutrality).
– Full page color Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco ad with art of nicely dressed folk looking out to sea, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by William H. Walker (If Kultur wins), Harry Grant Dart (Nurse Columbia : You have done very well, Josephus, …), Orson Lowell (Popular Conceptions : vacation days in the home of a college professor), Paul Goold (with the poem “Evening in Florence” by Leolyn Louise Everett), Thomas Starling Sullivant (Rather exceptional order), William H. Walker (Wake up, Sam!)
– Small photo from Life’s Fresh Air Farms with girls playing “London Bridge,” but position looks just like Tug-O-War in other photo.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Another case of trying to keep neutral, dog between quarreling couple.
– Some current events include : There is talk of peace, Threatened Krupp strike, Welsh coal miners strike, It is impossible to consider the freedom of the seas apart from the freedom of the land, Harry Thaw.
– Much more.

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