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Life Magazine – July 26, 1906 (# 1239) – Danger for Pedestrians
$8.00 – $14.00
Magazine Condition Choices :
Very Good
Good – once bound (Spine is a bit rough from where it was removed from bound volume and pages may be loosening. Library stamp at top of front cover. Slight cover soil).
Description
Cover : Occupants of two passing cars speaking to each other, “There’s an old man back on the road. We missed him : perhaps you’ll have better luck,” art by Raymond Moreau Crosby.
– 2/3 page Fiat car ad for the Hol-Tan company, with photo of Lancia winning Coppa D’Oro in 35 H.P. Fiat.
– Cute half page artwork by A. D. Blashfield of Life’s Patent Watermobile (car on water).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Horace Taylor (From our airship : the Smith family reunion).
– Two page centerspread art by W. B. King, “An American landscape in summer,” young ladies in white garb dotting the landscape like flowers.
– Some current events include : Capital punishment is in very poor condition in New York, Electrocution is not relieving society of a sufficient proportion of murderers, Insane Mary Lamb, Hotel Plaza ironworkers who killed ex-policeman Butler, Professor Wheeler says that the Monroe Doctrine is the embodiment of national greed and selfishness.
– Nice photo from Life’s Fresh Air Farm of kids setting out on a walk with their band.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
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