LIFE 1920 Archives - 2Neat Magazines /product-tag/life-1920/ Original LIFE Magazines For Sale Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:49:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/2neat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LIFE 1920 Archives - 2Neat Magazines /product-tag/life-1920/ 32 32 69036646 Life Magazine – November 4, 1920 (# 1983) – Thanksgiving Number /product/life-magazine-november-4-1920-1983/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:40:31 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3501 Magazine Condition Choices :
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Cover : Man and woman at Thanksgiving table, dejected puppy below who thinks he won’t get any of the meal, “The Pessimist, Jack Sprat poem,” not signed, but style looks like Herbert Paus.

THANKSGIVING NUMBER (much on eating)
– Full page color Rigaud Mary Garden Perfume ad with many products shown.
– Full page color Mercer Motors Company car ad with nice art of motoring by a western canyon, not signed.
– Full page color Nunnally’s candy ad with nice art, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (I’d rather be bright than be President), Angus MacDonall (Thanksgiving matinee, standing room only), Gluyas Williams (From the diary of comrade Blabb, labor agitator), Charles Forbell (Not at all unusual), William H. Walker (The landing of the Pilgrim’s furniture), unsigned (Stutz car ad, nice art, The car that made good in a day),
– Half page art by J. R. Shaver (The influence of the film comedy, little boy throwing pie into sister’s face).
– Quarter page art by J. R. Shaver (Salute sister!, boy scout saluting girl scout).
– Two page centerspread art by Calvert “The conquerors of the wilderness.”
– Some current events include : Closing days of election campaigns, John K. Bangs and Lillian Russell came out strong for Mr. Harding, Mr. Root and his speech at Carnegie Hall on October 19th, Article X.
– Very nice full page color Columbia Grafonola ad with lady in red flamenco dress, art not signed, Jeanne Gordon in Carmen.
– Full page color La Creole Laboratories ad with art, unsigned.
– Full page color Curtice Brothers company, Blue Label chocolatta ad, nice art by William Van Dresser.
– GREAT full page color Velmo Mohair upholstery fabric ad with livingroom scene, signature might be Alma S. Wenck.
– Full page color Colgate’s handy grip shaving stick ad, art by BK maybe, Thank you, Mr. Storekeeper.
– And much more 1920   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – November 11, 1920 (# 1984) – Norman Rockwell – Master Musician /product/life-magazine-november-11-1920-1984-norman-rockwell/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:38:40 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3499 Magazine Condition : Good (covers have light soil)

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Cover : Little boy playing a flute while little girl and puppy listen raptly, “The Music Master,” art by Norman Rockwell.

– Full page United States Tires, United States Rubber company ad with yellow (art).
– Full page ads for Victrola (art), Addressograph (art by C. N. Bowen), Kodak (with photos of girl in library).
– Quarter page Marcy Arrow Collar ad, art surely by Leyendecker, distinctive style.
– Full page art or cartoon art by J. R. Shaver (kids hiding behind barrel in alley looking at a fruit cart, “A contemplated raid”), Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde days : ye heir suffereth from ye colick), W. J. Enright (Smiles), Angus MacDonall (Fore!).
– Small photo of the new dormitory at Life’s fresh air farm at Branchville, Connecticut.
– Two page centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson “An invitation to supper” airplane flying over cowboys).
– Some current events include : Presidential campaigns are studies and trials of character, Prohibition and home-brew cider and wine, Keeley cures, Telephone Company of New York has eighty thousand applications for telephones that it cannot fill, Macswiney has died.
– Lovely full page color Estey Organ Company ad with art by Edward A. Wilson.
– Full page color Fatima cigarettes ad with portrait of man painted by Tyler.
– And so much more!  1920 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – November 18, 1920 (# 1985) – Coles Phillips – Slip and Fall /product/life-magazine-november-18-1920-1985-coles-phillips/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:36:51 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3497 Magazine Condition Choices :
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Cover : Cute young lady who has just fallen, “A mere slip of a girl,” art by C. Coles Phillips.

– Full page color Michelin Tires ad with neat art of Michelin man against nighttime cityscape.
– Full page Chandler Six motor car ad with nice art, signed but not quite legible.
– Full page art or cartoon art by A. G. Hull (American Chain ad, Brains and Chains must be used), C. F. Peters (A concerted movement), J. R. Shaver (landscape format : Her new roller skates), Gluyas Williams (From the diary of Comrade Blabb, labor agitator), H. T. Webster (I looks toward you, Mister President-Elect), Ellison Hoover (Goldberg as Reni), W. J. Enrigh (Give a thought to Cuba : the races in Havana).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (A small cloud and the Bolshevik strike promoter).
– Some current events include : Election was edifying, Republican victory, Foreign relations, Is our form of government working well in these days?
– Nice full page color Cole Aero-Eight car ad with brown and black Sportcoupe.
– And much, much more.

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Life Magazine – November 25, 1920 (# 1986) – Thanksgiving /product/life-magazine-november-25-1920-1986/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:35:17 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3495 Magazine Condition Choices :
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(Generally Good, but Editor's column has some pencil scribbles, cover slightly darkened).

The post Life Magazine – November 25, 1920 (# 1986) – Thanksgiving appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

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Cover : Man sitting in ratty room hiding axe and eyeing turkey roosting over doorway, “The profiteer,” art by E. Stetson Crawford.

– Full page color Victrola ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (Don’t you love to be in the country and watch things growing), Charles Forbell (The red ball is up), unsigned (Remorse and the profiteer), R. M. Crosby (Say, old fellow, would you mind going around with my wife?, golf theme),
– Quarter page art by J. R. Shaver (Can’t you make the bandage larger, Mother?, seated woman wrapping finger of standing boy).
– Full page, two panel art by J. R. Shaver (Her new dress and his new suit, girl admiring herself in mirror with mother, boy looking crabby as mother tries to get him dressed).
– Two page centerspread art by A. B. Frost “Home Brew”, results of the still blowing up.
– Some current events include : Stockbroker mass mailing quoted, Stocks slump, 75,000 factory workers laid off in Cleveland, Mr. Harding, Prohibition is not working any too well, Marital fidelity, Misery in Europe, Baseball League, Judge Landis of Chicago, Baseball Association, Armistice Day, Calling for generous support of the Red Cross.
– “Then there is the case of the girls, and the discussion of what is the matter with them, and why they wear the clothes they do, and tolerate the dances they jazz, and why they are so indulgent to whisky flasks in the keeping of young men, and stay out so late at night, and all that.”
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – December 9, 1920 (# 1988) – Home Rule vs. the Irish /product/life-magazine-december-9-1920-1988/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:33:43 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3493 Magazine Condition : Good (mild cover soil)

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Cover : Abandoned Irish baby in basket labeled “Home Rule” left at 10 Downing street, “The Young Visitor,” art by B. Cory Kilvert.

– Full page color Florient Flowers of the Orient perfume ad, Colgate, unsigned.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Broughton (All we demand is luxury), F. G. Cooper (A reminiscence), Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde days : ye home-made pye), W. J. Enright (Give a thought to Cuba : sugar planter taking a siesta in the shade of a Bacardi tree to which sugar cane and a lime have been grafted).
– Quarter page skiing theme art by C. F. Peters “Bob isn’t nearly as fickle as he used to be …”
– Half page art by J. R. Shaver “Clarence Worthington Smith : Hello Carrots! …,” Three society ladies are dismayed when two young sons greet each other rudely.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson “Mr. Shrimp is called on to give an opinion for the first time in his married life.”
– Some current events include : Senator Lodge, Peace Treaty, Stocks falling, Americans need a European market, Huge disfiguring sign board on city property up near Van Cortlandt Park was burning on November 19th, next might be the board by the Riverside viaduct that sticks in the throat of the view of the Hudson, League of Nations.
– Really neat full page color Murad Turkish cigarette ad with Santa on rooftop smoking (except that Santa is SMOKING, of course), art not signed.
– Full page color Rigaud Mary Garden perfume ad with lots of different products.
– And so much more!  1920 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – December 30, 1920 (# 1991) – New Year /product/life-magazine-december-30-1920-1991/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:31:17 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3491 Magazine Condition Choices :
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Cover : Little New Year 1921 is sending away old man 1920, “Another Back Number,” excellent art by Rea Irvin.

– NEW YEAR’S NUMBER.
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow sedan car ad with art by Edward A. Wilson.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Gluyas Williams (Seeing the New Year in), Oliver Herford (It’s a girl), R. M. Crosby (Don’t you just love winter), H. T. Webster (How dare thee grin on Lord’s day), Henry Raleigh (For God’s sake, don’t throw up your hands!).
– Half page artwork by J. R. Shaver with cute sledding scene.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “New Year’s : another encore.”
– Some current events include : “In the streets and especially in the public conveyances the standard of pulchritude is not very high,” Brother Boies Penrose, “This generation of Americans of whatever derivation is fatter and weighs more than the old Yankee type, which ran more to leg and bone.”
– And much, much more.

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Life Magazine – August 5, 1920 (# 1970) /product/life-magazine-august-5-1920-1970/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:29:42 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3489 Magazine Condition : Good

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Cover : A murder of crows harassing a Bald Eagle, “The Peacemaker,” art by Charles Livingston Bull.

– Super excellent full page color Clicquot Club Ginger Ale ad with art of men on deck of a boat, Eskimo child standing on running board, not signed.
– Another excellent full page color ad, Ide Shirts, man with phone and golf clubs, not signed.
– Two thirds page Hires root beer ad with art by David Robinson.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Laurence Fellows (Kelly-Springfield tires ad), RFH (Mimeograph ad), C. F. Peters (A pair of shoes, Madam?), Louis Raemaekers (Sweet diplomacy), Charles Dana Gibson (Nearing the top?), R. M. Crosby (Hasn’t Mr. Wildmere a wonderful character?”)F. T. Richards (July), unsigned (Excellent Stutz car ad, the car that made good in a day)
– Very cute quarter page art by J. R. Shaver (street kids standing in the shade cast by a fat policeman, a Shady spot).
– Two page centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson “The golden time of long ago.”
– Some current events include : Political candidates, Governor Cox of Ohio, Brother Harding, William Howard Taft, League of Nations, Marshal Foch’s decrees, Mr. Churchill, Archbishop Mannix of Australia, Irish controversy.
– Two-thirds page ad for La Creole Laboratories, hair products, nice art by C. F. Church.
– Quite lovely full page color Nunnally’s candy ad with art, not signed.
– Extremely nice full page color Ward’s Orange Crush soda ad, black background, not signed.
– Full page color Pep-o-mint Life Savers ad, signed but not quite readable, Hinman?, swept back stylized H, motorists, Lombardy poplar.
– And much more 1920   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – August 19, 1920 (# 1972) – Woman Blowing Smoke Rings /product/life-magazine-august-19-1920-1972/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:26:09 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3485 Magazine Condition : Good (All Very Good, but is cover creased)

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Cover : Bored ladies on a lawn, one is blowing smoke rings, “What Next?,” art by Rea Irvin.

– Full page color Murad Turkish cigarettes ad with nice art of men working in fields, not signed.
– Nice two-thirds page ad for Connecticut Ignition toggle switches with art of motorcycle rider.
– Full page art or cartoon art by J. R. Shaver (A future sailing master, little boy moving his toy sail boat with a bellows), Charles Dana Gibson (So sweetly she bade me adieu), Louis Raemaekers (Blessings of civilization, Child mannequins), Gluyas Williams (Brief biography of Senator Sounder), William H. Walker (Sweet land of liberty), W. J. Enright (The Leper … economy)
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall “He asked the chauffeur to stop and watch the game for a minute, baseball).
– Some current events include : Ohio furnished both candidates for presidency, Mr. Harding’s Great Speech of acceptance, Philadelphia Public Ledger, League of Nations, Governor Cox, Peace Treaty.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – August 26, 1920 (# 1973) – Manly Life Guard with rowboat /product/life-magazine-august-26-1920-1973/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:24:43 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3483 Magazine Condition Choices :
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(cover has thin darkened edge in upper margin)

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Cover : Life guard at summer resort with small row boat, a single oar and a bottle of whisky, “The Life-Saver,” art by B. Cory Kilvert.

– SUMMER RESORT NUMBER (much on vacations, camping, swimming, more).
– Lovely full page color Heinz vinegars ad with woman making salad dressing, art by John Newton Howitt.
– Full page art or cartoon art by J. R. Shaver (The Tenderfeet, two city kids afraid of the scarecrow), Alexander Popini (Father’s mental picture of what mother and the girls are doing at Newport, nice art!), Birch (Parallel Cases), Angus MacDonall (First aid to the injured, landscape format, dog licking his master who has just been dumped), Ethel Plummer (Ten dollars a day and worse), F. M. (nice pen-and-ink Prudential ad with sailboat).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson “Some of the difficulties that beset a young landscape painter.”
– Some current events include : Governor Cox is a candidate for president, Knox’s plan, League of Nations, Senator Harding is Republican candidate, Senator Lodge, Italian Ambassador.
– Full page color Velvet tobacco ad with nice art by M. Leone Bracker, Ain’t it so.
– Much more.

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Life Magazine – September 30, 1920 (# 1978) – One Room School, Pig /product/life-magazine-september-30-1920-1978/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:23:22 +0000 /magazine/?post_type=product&p=3481 Magazine Condition : Good 

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Cover : Young boy entering the one-room schoolhouse with his pig following behind, “Mary had a little lamb,” art by Victor C. Anderson.

– Full page color Victrola ad with nice art, unsigned.
– Gorgeous full page Rolls-Royce ad with pen-and-ink art by Thomas Maitland Cleland.
– Full page art or cartoon art by J. Conacher (The house directly opposite was built in 1722 …), Gluyas Williams (The man who sought a home), J. R. Shaver (The treasurer insists on the payment of club dues (big boy collecting from a group of littler boys, baseball team), Louis Raemaekers (French Militarism), Ellison Hoover (Famous Front Porches), Victor C. Anderson (Hicksville Center has a new librarian, landscape format),  H. T. Webster (Hopes).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson “Seventy thousand votes, will they be counted?”
– Some current events include : Maine majority in election, Stocks went up, Mr. Root is returning, Supposed influence of Tammany, Princess Katherine RAdziwell, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Chaplin splitting up, Marital infidelity, Westminster Abbey is in bad repair.
“Hearst, Johnson, Borah and their Adullamite following …”
– Much more.

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