Life Magazine – June 12, 1919 (# 1911) – Woodland Dancers

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Cover : Two little kids running in terror from an outdoor dancing class, “The Haunted Wood,” art by R. B. Fuller.

– Full page color ads for Murad cigarettes (extremely lovely and colorful harem scene – nicest I’ve seen, four women around a man), Kodak (with photo of woman in mauve and little red headed girl).
– Full page ad for United States Tires (real value is in their insides), Kelly Springfield Cords (nice car on beach, page half blank), Willys-Knight (no art), Weed Tire Chains (first drop of rain), Goodyear tires (with phtotos, Chas M. Gearing of the New Departure Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut), Studebaker Big-six (nice art with car, two horseback riders, and Ye White Horse Tavern), Rexall Orderlies laxative,
– Half page photo of the Locomobile Growler Coupe.
– Poem by Tudor Jenks, A Watteau Rhyme, with art by Rodney Thomson.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Pedro Llanuza (The follies of 1861 : Mr. Follie is a strong advocate of reciprocity), Robert L. Dickey (A movie tragedy : Broncho Bill, Two Dogs and a Wild West film), Charles Dana Gibson (Well, Helen and I ought to make it, then, for I know she likes me, and I am sure crazy about myself), Charles Forbell (in ye goode olde days : ye sprynge cleanynge),
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall, Breakfast in June, a couple having a leisurely and romantic breakfast together.
– Some current events include : Public interest in the peace congress is waning, Preliminary prohibition period starts in July, Commander Read made it across the Atlantic in an airplane, Bombs in Washington, Cleveland, Boston, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Paterson NJ, Newtonville MA and New York … they were assassination attempts on public figures, not successful.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1919 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!