Life Magazine – January 4, 1923 (# 2096) – Charles Dana Gibson – 40th Anniversary Issue

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Cover : Cherub throwing bound volumes of LIFE around, art by Charles Dana Gibson.

– FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY NUMBER (40th anniversary of Life : 1883-1923).
– This is the best issue for an overall History of Life magazine.
– Full page color Prudential Insurance ad with Julius Caesar, art by Strothmann.
– Nice full page Mason Cords tires ad with nice art of women skiing from an auto parked on the top of a hill.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert F(?) (Life inside title page), Oliver Herford (Where there’s a will there’s a weigh), Charles Dana Gibson (Memories), C. H. Sykes (Two pages : In retrospect), Laurence Fellows (Kelly-Springfield Kant-Slip cord tires ad).
– Two page centerspread art by Ralph Barton in COLOR “Life’s Birthday Party” with a key to all the faces – Excellent!
– Some current events include : 40th anniversary of Life magazine, John Ames Mitchell, Charles Dana Gibson, George B. Richardson, Edward Sandford Martin, LeRoy Miller, Vers de Societe, Harvard College Lampoon, Very nice summation of history of Life to present.
– Two half page artworks by J. R. Shaver (one with kids sledding, one with a child watching a man move a large block of ice).
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1923 content – fun!