Life Magazine – July 17, 1924 (# 2176) – Impression of Berlin

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Cover : Young boy offering straw to older lady at soda fountain “The Last Straw”, art by P.L. Crosby.

– Full page color Woodbury’s facial soap with pretty art.
– Interesting full page Western Electric ad “Cotton in your telephone.”
– Text “Skippy joins the Kiddie Klub” by Percy L. Crosby.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Forbell (In Ye goode olde dayes, if they hadde hadde ye Babe Ruth), Albert Frueh (Let well enough alone), C. H. Sykes (The Hired Help), Cyril Kenneth Bird Fougasse (Why?)
– Two page centerspread art by Ellison Hoover “An impression of Berlin.”
– Some current events include : Democratic Convention – much on it, Ku Klux Klan, League of Nations, Pious speeches.
– Half page artwork by J. R. Shaver, “Beat it, Mickey”, policeman looking down on child’s wagon labeled TAXI.
– Much more.