Life Magazine – June 19, 1931 (# 2537) – Vacuum Cleaner Demonstration

– Full page color Crane fixtures ad with art deco bathroom done in tones of orange, despite what they say … this is no “Modest” cottage.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Perry Barlow (Sonny and Patricia … answering the telephone), Ralph Fuller (Yeah, th’ police are takin’ in a gangster and his moll … huge number of police wrecking havoc in a penthouse suite), Edwina (Sinbad : two sides to every fence), Harold C. Earnshaw (Keep your eye on the ball … golf theme from Life 1914).
– Two page centerspread art by Howard K. Elcock (New York Harbor).
– Some current events include : Big troubles between the Pope and Mussolini, “No man has more infinite power or was more honored than the priest,” 500th anniversary of the death of Joan of Arc, Supreme Court denied citizenship to Professor MacIntosh of Yale and Miss Bland of Canada because they would not agree to bear arms, Stocks have been falling further every day.
– Nice full page Canadian National railway ad with art and photos, citing the service of wiring ahead for two Collars … size 15 for the man who forgot his.
– And much, much more.