Life Magazine – January 12, 1928 (# 2358) – Car Special

– AUTOMOBILE NUMBER (Much on cars and driving, new Ford Model A).
– Full page color Crane plumbing ad with art of extremely ornate boudoir-bath, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (Hudson-Essex car ad), James Montgomery Flagg (part of a Metropolitan Life insurance ad, “Nuthin’ I like!”), Will B. Johnstone (The house that Jack built … very funny, shows all the various contractors driving up to work on various stages of construction, then in the last panel the owner who has to take a taxi because he can’t afford his own car), L. T. Holton (Off-stage with famous vaudevillians : the Trick Flivver outwits the auto-thief), C. H. Sykes (And I pay $25,000,000 a year for it … prohibition), Johnny Gruelle (Hysteria in Yahoo Center : Squire Ben Peckham gets one of the new Fords), I. Karl (Cadillac ad).
– Full page Smith & Wesson revolver gun ad with art of man walking alone on lonely country road after his car broke down.
– Two page centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson, “The flagman (death) at a train crossing : Come on – take a chance – you might make it.”
– Some current events include : Ford’s New Cars – the FORD MODEL A, Prohibition, Sinking of a submarine at Provincetown, Frightful murder of a kidnapped girl in Los Angels, Election of Big Bill Thompson, Mexican government set aside money to bribe US Senators, Angus Peter MacDonall (Life artist) died December 18, 1927.
– Humorous piece by Robert Benchley, The problem of the used car.
– Beautiful full page color Packard car ad with the Dietrich Convertible Sedan.
– Full page color Atwater Kent radio ad with art and photo of radio factory.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1928 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!