Life Magazine – July 8, 1920 (# 1966) – Bringing Home the Fish

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Cover : Boy returning from a successful fishing outing with a string of fish and his simple stick fishing pole, walking by the Fish Market as the proprietor watches him with dismay, “The Rivals,” art by Victor C. Anderson

– Full page color ads for Prudential Insurance Company (great art by Adolph Treidler, couple on ship looking across at Rock of Gibraltar), Fatima cigarettes (art by Tyler).
– Full page black and white ads for Goodrich Tires (America’s First Cord Tire, with photo (?) of a man in a Ben Hogan-style hat), American Chain Company (with art of man driving his automobile in the pouring rain), Palmolive shaving cream, Camel cigarettes (Man alive – listen!).
– Half page artwork by Arthur Garratt (You don’t mean to say it took Charley a month to propose).
– Full page art or cartoon art by C. F. Peters (How many of his fish are in your creel?), Bill Breck (Art Critics), Raymond Crosby (Do you love him enough to marry him?), F. T. Richards (June), J. Conacher (Ever run up ‘gainst any pirates?), Shanks (And they call this the dark ages),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (A vacation time reminder).
– Some current events include : Democratic Convention, Third party candidate Johnson, Mr. McAdoo does not want to be a candidate, League of Nations, Elwell murder.
– It is taking longer for Life to get published and distributed (trouble in the printing and mailing areas) so it needs to be prepared earlier, making some of the news less timely.
– And so much more!  1920 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!