Life Magazine – June 3, 1926 (# 2274) – John Held, Jr.

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Life Magazine Cover : Absolutely charming girl lighting her cigarette with her diploma, “The sweet girl graduate,” art by John Held, Jr.

– COMMENCEMENT NUMBER  (much on graduation).
– Full page color Buick car ad with nice graduation theme art, including two people in trundle seat of brown car, not signed.
– Nice full page Marmon car ad, Cross Town or Cross Country, artist initials might be BEH or BEN.
– Rather lovely full page Packard car ad with nearly naked man holding aloft two bi-wing airplanes, art by J. Cozzy Graham (middle name may be a bit different).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Fred G. Cooper (Concerning Simon), C. H. Sykes (Ho, hum! Will he ever graduate?), Harry Laverne Timmins (Dodge Brothers).
– The younger Married set, part 4, by George S. Chappell, The Ladies’ league fair.
– Two page centerspread art by Alfred Frueh, “The missing button,” at a military graduation.
– Some current events include : England survived the general strike, New Settlemen of Asia Minor, French in Syria, D’Annunzio, Everybody that went to the North Pole got home alive by his own efforts, Amundsen, Dr. Parkes Cadman.
– Full page color Melachrino cigarettes ad with Prince Robert de Broglie.
– Full page color Ipswich Hosiery ad with art by Charles Dana Gibson.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1926 content – fun!