Life Magazine – December 7, 1911 (# 1519) – C. Coles Phillips – Christmas

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (this issue is about three times as thick as a typical 1911 issue – it is impressively FAT).
– Full page color Oldsmobile car ad with art by George Gibbs, a really new limousine, woman in fancy dress being helped out.
– Full page color Rubberset brushes ad, toothbrush, shaving brush, more.
– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (McCallum hosiery ad), William H. Walker (Santa Claus Taft), William H. Walker (Some of our classmates), Orson Lowell (Proposals in half-portions), Power O’Malley (Two pages : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, are there two santas?), Harry Grant Dart (We’ll all be happy then), Herbert Johnson (Seven aspects of man), Otho Cushing (three pages : Memoirs of Columbia), Arthur Young (Only dreaming), Rea Irvin (Sports of all nations : trapping sardines in Norway), Rea Irvin (Riding to hounds for “Chop Suey” in China), Rea Irvin (A debate of Dutch uncles in Holland), Mark Fenderson (In the good old days of yore), Poucher (Columbia motor car ad), S (O’Sullivan’s Heels ad), R. F. S. (Garford cars ad),
– Full page color Locomobile car ad with photograph.
– Full page blue ad for “A gallery of Girls” by Coles Phillips with a reproduction of the art from Life cover August 31, 1911.
– WOW : full page color George Frost Company Boston garters (for men) ad with excellent fade-out = fadeaway art by C. Coles Phillips.
– full page color Matheson Silent Six automobile ad, not signed.
– Half page Hamilton Watch ad with photo of engineer James Dempsey and conductor F. M. Kelly of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train.
– Two page color centerspread art by Power O’Malley, “The old house.”
– Full page color Maxwell car ad, art not signed, lady in pink driving, text line at bottom edge trimmed.
– Full page color Goodrich Tires ad with unusual art, not signed, Travel Tire Care Free!
– Full page color Pierce-Arrow motor car ad with art by Louis Fancher.
– Full page color Kodak ad with mother photographing her daughter in bed.
– And much more 1911   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!