Life Magazine – December 4, 1913 (# 1623) – Christmas Number

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (A very fat issue of 109 pages with lots of color ads and art).
– Gorgeous full page color Willys-Overland car ad with nighttime art by Orson Lowell.
– Full page color Williams’ Toilet Necessities ad with nice art, Christmas theme.
– Interesting full page color ad for Wilson Whiskey featuring the Non-refillable bottle so you know you are getting the real thing, “Demand Protection.”
– Three page color ad for E. La Montagne’s Sons wines and Gordon Dry Gin.
– Full page color ads for Waltham Watch, McCallum Silk Hosiery, Daniel Green Felt shoe Company, Reed & Barton Heppelwhite silver service, Southern Pacific Sunset Limited railroad route, A. A. Vantine’s Oriental store, Cook’s Imperial Champagne, Hamilton Watch company, Egyptian Deities cigarettes (lovely art), Pabst Blue Ribbon beer (Evening glass of cheer, lovely art), Stag smoking tobacco (art by L. B. M.?), Pierce-Arrow Motor cars, Eastman Kodak.
– Full page ads for Ohio Electric cars, Franklin Simon and Company, Thomas B. Jeffery cars, Western Electric home utilities, Peter’s Milk Chocolate (art by E. F. Ward), Huyler’s Chocolates, Club Cocktails, Kelly-Springfield tires,
– Full page art or cartoon art by Bernard Partridge (Johnnie Walker whisky ad with Santa), Balfour-Ker (The Right Neighborhood, angel directing Santa to a poor tenement), R. M. Crosby (A surprise for Jim), Sanford Tousey (Some Christmas gifts that won’t be given), Balfour-Ker (two pages : two panels : When she was naughty she was very, very nice …), Bayard Jones (multiple half page panels : The Proposals of Robinson), F. T. Richards (November), C. Clyde Squires (COLOR : The girl he left behind), Charles Jay Budd (COLOR : His Arrow, nice Native American theme art), Angus MacDonall (landscape format : The Long Day Closes, ghosts of pilgrims and Indians), Orson Lowell (Did you ever hook a gown like this?), Charles Dana Gibson (landscape format : The Fortune teller),
– From the mail box of Santa Claus.
– Mistletoe, by Kate Masterson.
– Gay Paris, by F. de Foras.
– Wives, by Katherine Baker.
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson (The unbelievers … couple out in a sleigh are startled by Santa in his sleigh).
– Some current events include : A record lot of excellent givers among the rich people, Regular people working hard, Human life forges ahead, Merry Christmas to all!
– And much more 1913   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!