Life Magazine – July 14, 1927 (# 2332) – Coles Phillips

– Coles Phillips (1880-1927) died on June 13, 1927.  The artwork on the cover of this issue is his last Life cover (though some earlier paintings were printed at a later date) and, indeed, the last picture he painted.
– Full page color Chandler car ad with car in front of a fancy building entrance with flowers flowing over all the stone walls, art by George Shepherd.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Lyle Justis (Lee of Conshohocken tires ad), Ernest Walker (probably)(Elco cruisers boat ad), Ellison Hoover (two pages : Historial recollections by one with a hazy memory : Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow (1620)), C. H. Sykes (Will this one bite? … Western Farmer as fish).
– Two page centerspread is devoted to Coles Phillips and includes small reproductions of twelve of his artworks and a short tribute paragraph.
– Some current events include : Honorary degree from Harvard given to Ambassador Houghton, The Pope says that beauty contests are a bad thing, Church unity congress at Lausanne in Switzerland.
– Full page Cine-Kodak ad that has artwork of mother taking a movie of her son at the beach.
– Nice full page Franklin car ad, signed but illegible, first name might be Floto?
– And much, much more.
– Full page color Willys-Knight car ad with lovely blue and black car at gates of a mansion, Over 92,000 miles.
– Nice full page color Camel cigarettes ad with yellow car, four people, golf clubs, Created for enjoyment.
– And so much more!  1927 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!