Life Magazine – February 5, 1920 (# 1944) – Norman Rockwell – Boy Scouts

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Cover : Dog gazing with adoration at a napping young boy, “The Hero worshiper,” art by Norman Rockwell.

– BOY SCOUTS’ NUMBER (Boy scout theme and more color pages than usual).
– Full page color ads for Michelin tires, Nunnally’s candy (Valentine’s theme), Curtice Brothers ketchup (nice art by Morgan), Rigaud Mary Garden Perfume (art by A. D. Rahn), Chase Velmo Mohair Velvet upholstery (neat art), Cole Aero-Eight cars (with grey Sportster), Pall Mall cigarettes (with cigarette serving tray with flame for lighting).
– Full page ads for Kelly Springfield tires (art by Laurence Fellows, Car with flat tire on remote rainy road, Why didn’t I have sense enough …), Hansen gloves, Mimeograph (with art of Pheasant by RFH), Simmons beds, Cheney Talking Machine Company, W. & J. Sloane Oriental Rug importers, Resinol soap, Geo P. Ide collars.
– Poem by Arthur Guiterman, The Scout Trail, with illustration all around by Rodney Thomson.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (You’ll Do – Uncle Sam advertising for a boy to help neaten things up in the USA store), Angus MacDonall (The dreamer), William H. Walker (Medals for meddling),
– Two page centerspread art by Robert L. Dickey, Parade of dogs picketing in favor of Boy Scouts, Good Scouts!
– Very interesting pair of photos of six young men and their leader, Before they became boy scouts and after (in marching gear with bed rolls and such).
– Some current events include : Colonel House’s dinner party, Hoover stands for the part of religion that is “good will toward men,” Lull in the pursuit of Reds, Bar Association took up the case of Speaker Sweet and the Socialists.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1920 content – fun!