Life Magazine – February 27, 1919 (# 1896) – Heroes’ Number

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Cover : Wife and son listening to returned (and injured) husband talk of the war, “Why, son, I was only one of ‘em,” art by C. Clyde Squires.

– HEROES’ NUMBER (much on returning soldiers).
– Full page color ads for Michelin tires, Rauch & Lang Electric Cars (nice pastel art on black background, Ship and soldiers at canteen in background, An Inevitable Decision), Columbia Grafonola (art by Emil).
– Full page ads for Miller tires (nice art, stop that destructive pounding), Life magazine subscription (with neat art by Fred G. Cooper), Life Savers (with photo of men around board room table), Weed tire chains (another variation of art of car on wet roads narrowly avoiding family with umbrella), Robbins & Myers Motors (excellent art of female worker, girls in overalls), Chandler Motor Cars, New York Life Insurance.
– Half page photo of Semi Touring Locomobile, the type of car used by the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
– Nice quarter page art by Merle DeVore Johnson, The Reception Committee, soldier being greeted by his girl and his cat and dog, first art I’ve noticed by this artist.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Raymond Crosby (He can’t shake the habit, soldier still being a soldier),  Foster Lincoln (… I’ll just let him look at me …wife staying with husband in his hospital bed), Paul Goold (A word to heroes, text with border of art), Charles Dana Gibson (Did you enjoy your stay in the hospital), Robert L. Dickey (He’s back).
– Two page centerspread art by Calvert (Hail, Hail, The gang’s all here!), Battleships in group on extremely rough sea.
– Some current events include : President Wilson disembarked at Boston, League of Nations, James M. Beck, Ambassador to France Sharp has resigned.
– And much, much more.