Life Magazine – July 15, 1926 (# 2280) – Hotentot Dance, Driving at Night

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Cover : Lady doing the Hotentot dance that has origins in Africa, “Everything is Hot-tentotsy now,” art by L. T. Holton.

– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with beach scene, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Strothmann (Mental Hazards, the sand trap, golf theme), Albert Frueh (The stranger in town), C. H. Sykes (The bottomless hat),
– Two page centerspread art by Strothmann “Her first drive at night.”
– Some current events include : Trial of CAillaux, Profound labor troubles, Current motor-car civilization, Marriage is under serious discussion in Russia, Complaints of the hotels that their visitors carry off the keys of the rooms, Farmers are getting very troublesome in politics.
– “The war that was to make the world safe for democracy seems somehow to have missed the road.”
– Full page on Life’s Fresh Air camps for poor city kids with two photos.
– Much more.