Life Magazine – July 30, 1914 (# 1657) – Otho Cushing – Diving

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Cover : Men and women diving acrobatically into the ocean, “The call of the deep,” art by Otho Cushing.

– Full page color Bull Durham tobacco ad with hand rolled cigarettes in a container.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Leo Cheney (Johnnie Walker whisky ad, Paradox), Charles Dana Gibson (Dear Me!  I did not think it was such a long way across, Mr. Jones … man carrying lady DOWN the creek to get to hold her longer), Percy D. Johnson (two pages : Daisies : God’s and Man’s), Irvin or Forbell – not signed (On with the dance : why stop to eat?), Mary Lane McMillan (two half pages : Weather Forecast), William H. Walker (Whose business?), Charles Forbell (A visit to your native town : as you expect it to be vs. as it is), Orson Lowell (The peace and quiet of the country).
– Winning title for the caption contest, “A joyous heart knoweth no winter,” Miss Elbertha Ackley of Albany.
– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson (A Pleasure trip : father and grandfather trying to fix broken down car while rest of family waits).
– Some current events include : General Huerta has retired from office, Election run-up, Miss Davis got along well with her Blackwell’s Island mutineers.
– Much more.