Life Magazine – August 15, 1918 (# 1868) – Norman Rockwell – Sad ladies waiting for men to return from war

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Cover : Four sad, bored, and lonely young ladies sitting on a hill and looking out across the ocean, “Til the boys come home,” GORGEOUS art by Norman Rockwell.

– Full page color ads for Willys Knight Willys Overland car with dark blue car with white tires, Michelin Red Inner Tubes.

– Full page black and white ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes, Weed Tire Chains, Torbensen Axle Company, Life magazine ad for writing letters to boys at the front.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Harry Grant Dart (the heroes are not all on the battle-front, working man at home happily shouldering all the expenses and inconveniences of war), Rea Irvin (Pro Patria : small farmers happily working for the good of the country), Charles Broughton (landscape format, Lese Majeste, German leader being attacked by wild animals … emblems of various countries), Donald McKee (some fine points of Army technique), C. W. Kahles (The Sandwich Islands).

– Small photos of French orphans : Yvonne Corgnier Baby 2519, Fernand and Louis Latrille Babies 2346 and 2347, Paul Herve Baby 137 and his mother, Roger Bigex Baby 2419 and his brother, Pierre Belledon Baby 2474.

– A really insightful column by the editor pertaining to Casualty lists from the war.

– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Restitution?

– Some current events include : Indications that the German General Staff intends to close out the war this year (win, lose or draw), Great collections of German prisoners, We keep sending men to France, New Military Draft Law, Czech-Slovak movements in Russia, George Harvey tries to imply that Henry Ford is a traitor for having a German friend during a Senate election race, Woman suffrage.

– “There are lots of people to whose interest it is to have bad officials in power,” sounds like the politics in 2Neat’s home town at the moment.

– And much, much more.