Life Magazine – December 26, 1930 (# 2512) – New Year’s Eve

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Cover : Smoking cherub asking for admittance to club, “Have you got a card?”, art by Mr. Cooper (probably Fred G. Cooper).  Old man 1930 eyeing youthful 1931.

– Full page ad for Life’s Dog Calendar with boxer dog, art by Carlton Smith.
– Nice third page ad for Hotel Tampa Terrace, Florida.
– New Year’s theme in several places.
– Full page cartoon by Gardner Rea, the Life of a mother.
– Sample joke “A centenarian died the other day after seeing an auto for the first time.  Evidently he didn’t see it soon enough.”
– Among other comic illustrators this issue has William Steig, G. B. Inwood, Ed Graham, Chester I. Gande, Frueh, Gardner Rea (full page, dogs), I Klein (Miss Fiditch),
– Full page cartoon by J. R. Shaver, His dad’s the racketeer, boy strutting past crowd of kids.
– Humorous half page cartoon of old gents fighting with their glasses off, G. B. Inwood.
– Full page funeral them cartoon by Barbara Shermund.
– Two page centerspread cartoon by Gluyas Williams, End of a Birthday.
– Full page football and wedding theme cartoon by Kemp Starrett.
– Another great Edwina and Sinbad dog cartoon page, So she doesn’t like dogs.
– Two page paired art by C. W. Anderson, men in winter park.
– Third page ad for Hotel Royal Worth, West Palm Beach, Florida.
– Full page ad with photos for Gasparilla Inn and Cottages, Boca Grande, Florida.
– Life’s Cross Word picture puzzle # 72.
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with art of seated lady in red.
– And more.

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