Life Magazine – June 22, 1911 (# 1495) – Coronation Number

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Cover : Life’s cherub piloting a small sailboat filled with everything needed to attend the royal coronation (including a packet of jokes!), “Off for London,” art by the wonderful Power O’Malley.

– CORONATION NUMBER (much related to royalty).
– Full page color ads for Wrigley’s Spearmint gum, Oldsmobile motor works (signed but illegible, probably starts with To).
– Half page ad for Polarine from Standard Oil, How Polarine helped Bob Burman break two world records, with two photos.
– Full page ads for Packard Motor Cars (no art, The supreme verdict), Mormon car.
– Full page art or cartoon art by William H. Walker (Americans along the line of march attract considerable attention … piles of money bags at the coronation), A. D. Blaishfield (London Theater : coronation as a show), William H Walker (suggestion for a more informal coronation).
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall (Congratulations (?) from his predecessors).
– Some current events include : Supreme court decided the Standard Oil case and the Tobacco case, The legislature shouldn’t be sitting in June because the governing classes have too much to do besides watching legislation, President Taft weighs 300 pounds, Our gentlemen won their international polo match, Will Irwin says Boston is in bad shape.
– And much, much more.