LIFE 1936 Archives - 2Neat Magazines

Life Magazine – January, 1936 (# 2610) – Dreaming of Travel

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:07:43 +0000

Cover : Young boy reading travel brochures, art by Perry Barlow.

– Full page color Old Grand-dad whiskey ad.
– Full page Ipana toothpaste ad referring to healthy gums.
– Old Schenley whiskey, full page color ad with chess game.
– The Gay Twenties – I, full page cartoon by Geo Clark.
– Give ’em the air, verse by Arthur L. Lippmann.
– Charming simple full page cartoon strip by Geo T. Eggleston about woman exercising under sun lamp.
– Couple sitting on sofa in furniture store, “No thank you – just browsing”, art by Barney Tobey.
– Ail and fare well, by Weare Holbrook.
– Poem by Alyce Hamilton.
– Cartoons by Robert Day.
– Fire and fireman related cartoon by Alain.
– There is only one illustration, by George Bradshaw.
– Never get anything in your eye on Sunday, by Stacy Jones.
– “I’m locked outa’, prison” cartoon by Richard Decker.
– Quarter page cartoon by Kemp Starrett, woman with bird cage on head.
– Cartoons by Ned Hilton.
– Full page Listerine ad with photos (initials and home towns given).
– Ping pong in a crowded basement, cartoon by Frank Beaven.
– NEAT photo, Laughing Pig Barbecue pit, North Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood.
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with Triborough Bridge steel workers, including Ben Parsons, Howard Hougland, plus skier Margaret Lynam.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1936 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – March, 1936 (# 2612) – Apartment life with dogs

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:06:25 +0000

Cover : Two apartment dwellers in their dressing gowns and their dogs, retrieving newspapers, accidental socializing, art by Dorothy McKay.

– Full page color Mount Vernon whiskey ad with unusual square bottle.
– Odd little letter to the editor from Seymour Orless.
– The Gay Twenties – III, full page cartoon by Geo Clark.
– A paucity of personalities, verse by Arthur L. Lippmann.
– Cartoons by Ned Hilton, Robert Day, Barney Tobey, Perry Barlow, Richard Decker, Geo Price, Dorothy McKay, Barbara Shermund, Gregory d’Alessio, more.
– Five-year contract, by Alan Handley.
– Super Liner (pertains to Queen Mary and Normandie ocean liners), by Irving D. Tressler.
– It’s all Debunk, by Scott Corbett.
– Full page line art cartoon strip by Geo T. Eggleston, Grecian designs and Acropolis candy kitchen.
– Theatre-related sketch by Gregor Duncan.
– Full page Listerine Tooth Paste ad with Lady Clifford, photo, home, sailboat.
– Crossword puzzle (every 1936 issue has a large one and a number puzzle).
– Full page travel ad for the Miami Biltmore, Coral Gables, Florida.
– NEAT photo of the Chili Bowl (building) on La Cienega Blvd in Hollywood.
– Nice full page color Camel cigarettes ad with Frank Buck (elephant capturer), Allan M. Craig, Jr., and Mrs. R. W. Sayles.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1936 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – April, 1936 (# 2613) – Cruise ship

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:04:45 +0000

Cover : People on a cruise ship throwing coins overboard for native divers, one lady is going to throw a $5 bill, art by Barbara Shermund.

– Stop & Go service (in each 1936 issue) – using red, yellow and green stoplights to rate theatre presentations and movies.
– Another nice full page color Mount Vernon whiskey ad with square bottle.
– Humorous letter to the editor about the crossword puzzle, by Scott Corbett.
– Letters to the editor from Arpad Rapaport, A. Pelagoe, Luella C. Borgi, Guido F. Justo, F. E. Bredouw and others.
– The Gay Twenties – IV, full page cartoon by Geo Clark.
– White House Reception by Paul Knox.
Cartoons by Richard Decker, Robert Day, Geo Price, Gregory d’Alessio, Ned Hilton, Ben Martin, Kemp Starrett, Whitney Darrow Jr., Gregor Duncan, W. Von Riegen, more.
– Full page cartoon strip by Geo T. Eggleston, golf lesson for fat woman.
– Night driver by Louis Jamme.
– Espionage is Spinach, by Gurney Williams.
– “There’s a reason”, verse by Aleen Wetstein.
– Theater review by George Jean Nathan. (in each 1936 issue)
– Movie critiques by Don Herald (in each 1936 issue)
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with Henry T. Snowdon (wrestler), Lester Stoefen (tennis player), more.
– Very nice full page color General Tire & Rubber ad, with art.
– Pretty full page color Fisher car body ad with Turret top, photos.
– NEAT photo of the Pup Eat’n Sup on Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1936 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – June, 1936 (# 2615) – Graduation

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:02:57 +0000

Cover : Graduates receiving diplomas, art by Perry Barlow.

– Another different full page color Mount Vernon whiskey ad with square bottle.
– Letters to the editor from Karl John Kurz, A. J. Podboy, Eunice Stebbins, Harry O. Clayberger, Ely Buell, M. H. Ganser, Mildred Forward, Warden La Roe and others.
– “The girl he left behind him”, really neat full page COLOR cartoon with Alice in Wonderland theme, by Gregor Duncan
– The Complacent Caterpillar (further adventure of Alice Public) by Arthur L. Lippman.
– Cartoons by Robert Day, Ned Hilton, Geo Price, Alain, Richard Decker, Dorothy McKay, Geo Clark, Gregory d’Alessio, Barney Tobey, Gregor Duncan, Louis Priscilla, Thurston Gentry, more.
– Autograph Market by Irving D. Tressler.
– A most perplexing moment, by Sigmund Spaeth.
– Full page cartoon strip by Geo T. Eggleston, wedding receiving line.
– Be prepared!, by Jack Cluett.
– Remarkable radio, by Lepoer Trench.
– Tempest, by Doug Welch.
– Full page Listerine Toothpaste ad with Dick Arlen, photo, car, boat, dog.
– Lovely full page color Ethyl gas ad with Just Married couple.
– “Theme Song”, poem by Warden la Roe.
– Another cute full page color Fisher car body ad for Turret top, little girl in green.
– NEAT photo of Burp Hollow (building) in Los Angeles.
– Unusual full page color landscape format Lucky Strike cigarettes ad, couple in library.
– And much more 1936 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – July, 1936 (# 2616) – Sailing and bailing

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:01:06 +0000

Cover : Three sailors struggling to reach bailing bucket, art by Gregory d’Alessio.

– Letters to the editors from Pierce Hutton, H. E. Haskins, Stanley Lambert Lunger, Frank Presbrey, others.
– Full page color cartoon, art by Gregor Duncan, Alice in Wonderland theme.
– The Walrus and the Carpenter, by Arthur L. Lippmann.
– Cartoons by Robert Day, Gregory d’Alessio, Alain, Richard Decker, Perry Barlow, Margaret Hafford, Geo Price = George Price, Dorothy McKay, Gregor Duncan, Ned Hilton, Rodlow Willard, more.
– The congressional record, by James W. Holden.
– Full page line art cartoon strip by Geo T. Eggleston.
– You know how it is, by Duane Decker.
– “Training camp” verse by Warden La Roe.
– Honest Effort, by Charlotte Moody.
– Full page Listerine toothpaste ad with photos of Janice Jarratt and Carroll Brady.
– Nice full page color Ethyl gas ad with photo of gas pump in California Joshua tree county.
– NEAT photo of the Brown Derby Restaurant in Evansville, Indiana (these photos, one in each 1936 issue, often come with the header Architectural Hideosity).
– And much more 1936 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – August, 1936 (# 2617) – Horseback riding

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:59:22 +0000

Cover : Woman ignoring rambunctious horse as she puts on lipstick, art by Dorothy McKay. The woman is also in English riding gear while all the men are in western gear.

– Letters to the editor from Marie Pautz, Bert S. Bottomley, William Allison Fuller, Jessie Snodgrass and others.
– Full page color cartoon by Gregor Duncan, Alice in Wonderland theme.
– The King’s Croquet ground, by Arthur L. Lippmann.
– Cartoons by Dorothy McKay, Richard Decker, Alain, Gregory d’Alessio, Robert Day, Geo Price, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Gregor Duncan, Chas Addams = Charles Addams, Margaret Hafford, Von Riegen, more.
– Centennial splendor, Ft. Worth vs. Dallas, by Joe Bigelow.
– Full page cartoon by Alain, A Day with the Kansas Coolidge.
– Full page cartoon by Geo T. Eggleston, swimsuit embarrassment.
– 27,000 debutantes must be wrong, by Jack Cluett.
– Poem about gardening and seeds and Burpee, by Paul Showers.
– Cute quarter page cartoon about mountaineers imagining an elevator.
– Nice full page Schlitz beer ad with cone top Sunshine Vitamin D beer.
– This lucky issue has three NEAT odd architecture (Architecturiana) photos : The Boat (building) in Vernon, New York; Ye Hearty Eat Shoppe in San Diego; The Ice Cream Freezer in Springfield, Massachusetts.
– Very pretty full page color Chesterfield cigarettes ad with harp player.

– And much more 1936 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – September, 1936 (# 2618) – Tennis

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:57:51 +0000

Cover : Tennis match being interrupted by photographer, art by Ned Hilton.

– Letters to the editor from J. B. Pollard, J. A. Greenhouse, Guy T. Funk, William H. Haskell, and others.
– Full page color cartoon by Gregor Duncan, Alice in Wonderland theme.
– The New Deal Kitchen, by Arthur L. Lippmann.
– Cartoons by Richard Decker, Geo Price, Dorothy McKay, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Von Riegen, Alain, Robert Day, Gregor Duncan, Thurston Gentry, George Shellhase, Perry Barlow, Louis Priscilla, more.
– The multiple birth situation, by J. C. Furnas.
– Full page cartoon by Geo T. Eggleston, dog walking as match making.
– Septuple your money back, by William Hines.
– Ode to a mosquito, verse by Arthur Guiterman.
– Full page Listerine toothpaste ad with William Crabb, Glen Gallagher, Harry Conover.
– Full page Crab Orchard whiskey ad.
– Full page color Ethyl gas ad with kids feeding bear cub (four dogs – four pops)
– Three more NEAT buildings : The Covered Wagon Lunch in Spokane, Washington; The Auto Cabin in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Elephant in Margate City, New Jersey.
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with race car driver Lou Meyer, reporter Peter Dahlen.
– Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1936 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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Life Magazine – October, 1936 (# 2619) – Backing different political candidates

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:56:21 +0000

Cover : Busty matron with Landon pin, being driven by two men with FDR pins, art by Geo T. Eggleston.

– Very neat full page Camel cigarettes ad that features color photo of Sir. Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer, as well as C. V. David (steel worker) and Al McKee (roller coaster operator).
– Letters to the editor from R. E. Easton of Muskegon, Michigan; J. Maver Feehan, Mrs. J. M. Benedum, others.
– Nice half page Schlitz beer ad with cone top can, Vitamin D beer.
– Full page color cartoon by Gregor Duncan, Alice in Wonderland theme.
– Who stole the tarts?, by Arthur L. Lippmann.
– Cartoons by Robert Day, Von Riegen, Geo Price, Perry Barlow, Ned Hilton, Richard Decker, Alain, Gregory d’Alessio, Gregor Duncan, Louis Priscilla, more.
– The youth movement situation, by J. C. Furnas.
– New York’s all right to live in all the time but awful to visit, by Charlotte Moody.
– Full page cartoon by Louis Priscilla, “I was just thinking, Major”
– Use no hooks, by Margaret Fishback.
– Neat photos of more odd buildings : The Milk Bar in Northampton, Massachusetts and the Ice Cream Cone in West Cleveland, Ohio.
– Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1936 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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Life Magazine – November, 1936 (# 2620) – Last issue of LIFE

Brenda Wiard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:54:52 +0000

Cover : Ambulance waiting outside football stadium, attendants reading newspapers, art by Perry Barlow.

– This is the LAST ISSUE published of the first Life magazine. The name was then sold to become the classic LIFE.
– Full page color Ethyl gas ad featuring the Hickory Bluff Store.
– Another full page color Mount Vernon whiskey ad with square bottle.
– Letters to the editors from Stephen Szalewicg, Ira B. Cross, Neil McDade, Norb F. Skelley, Margery Blankenship and others.
– Cute little photo of 4-year-old Vance Kent dressed up as the Life angel.
– Full page color cartoon by Gregor Duncan, Alice in Wonderland theme, Humpty Dumpty.
– Uncle Humpty Dumpty, by Arthur L. Lippmann.
– Cartoons by Richard Decker, Barbara Shermund, Robert Day, Ned Hilton, Geo Price, Alain, Dorothy McKay, Whitney Darrow Jr., Perry Barlow, Thurston Gentry, Charles Dana Gibson, Barney Tobey.
– Infantile Paralysis, poem by Berton Braley.
– The man who met himself, by William Walden.
– Why card cards, by Scott Corbett.
– Full page color Listerine toothpaste ad with five models from the Powers Agency.
– A two page farewell to Life by Edward Sandford Martin, first editor of Life.
– Notice to subscribers, unexpired subscriptions will be fulfilled by the magazine Judge.
– Full page Red Cross ad with art by Walter Reach Humphrey.
– Odd building! – The Big Chief near Kansas City, Kansas.
– Four pages of fine type listings of contributors to Life’s Fresh Air fund (camps for poor city children).
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with Lee Gehlback, test pilot.
– Issued with : two page spread “Announcement : Life ends with this issue. Life Reincarnate (about new LIFE) : Notice to subscribers.” A copy of this announcement is included.
– Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1936 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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