Life Magazine – July 3, 1919 (# 1914) – GLOOM

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Cover : A gloomy looking man sitting on a headstone, “All, all are gone.  The old familiar faces,” art by Rea Irvin.  Headstones are for things like Tobacco, Baseball, Golf, Chewing Gum.

– GLOOM NUMBER (Prohibition and other restrictions).
– Full page color ads for
– Full page black and white ads for United States Rubber Company tires (with blue), Waltham watches (the smallest screw, art of watchmaker using magnifying lens), Mimeograph (with nice art by RFH), Risk Cord Tires (GREAT art by Peter Helck), Gordon and Co’s Dry Ginger Ale
– Half page ad for Colt firearms with soldier telling homeowner that now it is YOUR time to keep your home safe.
– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (Life’s cherub holding funeral wreath and crying, might be for alcohol.  “July 1, 1919” is the art caption and that day, “Thirsty First,” was the official beginning of Prohibition.), Rea Irvin (Around the clock with citizen no. 456,783 … all the anti- leagues), William H. Walker (The law admonishing Bolshevism), Charles Dana Gibson (Two young ladies know that the man is dishonorable), Oliver Herford (Improving the scriptures, bigotry breaks a stained glass window),
– Two page centerspread art by Walter de Maris, “The Cloud,” people frolicking in the pleasant outdoors as a dark cloud labeled “Anti-Joy” builds.
– Some current events include : The Germans will sign the peace contract, Italy is also getting ready to sign, Controversial “Article X” of the treaty, Mr. Wickersham, League of Nations, The State of New York seized the papers of the Soviet Emissary and cleaned up the Rand School.
– Independence Day, column by the editor.
– And much more 1919   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!