Life Magazine – February 14, 1918 (# 1842) – Valentine’s Day

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Cover : Mail lady delivering love letters, Incendiary Matter, art by Raymond Moreau Crosby.

– VALENTINE NUMBER.
– Full page color ads for Willys-Knight cars (nice art of a blue car with a rose, Quiet), Williams’ Holder top shaving stick.
– Full pages ads for Torbensen Drive (axles), Miller Tires, Timken bearings (with photo of man adjusting hub of wheel), Victor Victrola Records, Republic tires, The Delineator (magazine).
– Half page ad for Resinol soap with nice art by John LaGatta.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Angus MacDonall (Title contest art, Man and woman sitting on top of the fuselage of a flying bi-wing plane), Power O’Malley (His spirit is with us, Abraham Lincoln), Charles Dana Gibson (Her two enemies, Democracy vs. Autocracy and Anarchy), Charles Dana Gibson (Well, I don’t mind being economical, but I do object to looking economical).
– Small photos of fatherless French children, Baby 1763 Simone Fleury, Baby 591 Lucien St. Pol with mother and grandmother, Baby 1652 Paulette Collet with her sister.
– Two page centerspread art by Power O’Malley (If Different artists had painted Lincoln).
– Some current events include : The War Council at Versailles reject peace suggestions of Count Czernin and Count von Hertling, If we had a Minister of Complaints …, John L. Sullivan is dead (boxer).
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1918 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!