Life Magazine – April 20, 1911 (# 1486) – Dog Number

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Cover : Positively charming scene of lovely young lady sharing treats with a dog and six puppies, “At home to a few friends,” art by Henry Hutt.

– DOG NUMBER (lots and lots of content about dogs, most cute).

– Full page color ads for Wrigley’s Spearmint pepsin gum (the girl with the Wrigley eyes), Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, Baker Electrics (signature looks like R. V Camp ?? – who knows this artist, nice scene with open car passing by country estate).

– Full page black and white ads for Goodyear welt (United Shoe Machinery Company), Willys-Overland (A town and country car), Collier’s magazine, 1912 Packard Motor Cars (with prices listed for 18 models), Steinway Grand Pianola Piano, Hupp-Yeats Electric cars (with nice art), Columbia Motor Car company (art by Poucher), Hampton’s magazine.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Mark Fenderson (His reward? A good dog being consigned to experimentation and vivisection), Bayard Jones (Puppy Love : man proposing marriage to a woman as her puppy tugs on his tuxedo jacket),

– Two page centerspread art by Anton Otto Fischer, Forgotten, dog is the only living soul on a sinking ship.

– Some current events include : Yale is being autocratic not democratic, Colleges are still far from being democracies (talking about assigned housing), We read a lot about how much money the rich accrue but not of the good works some of them do with the handling of their fortunes.

– Some very nice poems about dogs, including Dog Sense by Wallace Irwin.

– Nice half page artwork by J. Lawrence Stone (Only a dog, boy crying over a dog that was hit by a car).

– And much, much more.