Life Magazine – June 5, 1919 (# 1910) – Mint Julep

– DIXIE NUMBER (much on the American South).
– Full page color Omar Turkish cigarettes ad with insert portrait of old golfer, When a cigarette tastes sweetest.
– Lovely full page color Rigaud Mary Garden perfume ad with beachside art by Miner, possibly C. H. Miner, or H. Miner, do you know this artist?
– Full page color Coca-Cola ad with art signed with D with an arrow through it, do you know this artist?
– Very interesting full page ad for Chateau Lake Louise with whole artwork made of vertical lines, not signed.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Pedro Llanuza (The follies of 1861 : Betsy’s little Oswald …), F. Foster Lincoln (Rude Awakenings : when you realize that your room-mate is blowing in on your best girl), Charles Dana Gibson (Demobilized), F. T. Richards (May), Carl Anderson (On the site of the old cabin home), unsigned (probably Peter Helck) (Fisk tires ad with little girl getting into her coat).
– Full page color Prudential Insurance ad with ocean boating scene.
– Lovely full page color Hires Root beer ad with soda fountain art by Donald Gardner
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, “The Puritan’s Idea of the south.”
– Some current events include : Commission of the Peace, Terms of Peace have been formulated and handed to Germany, William C. Bullitt, Pilot Harry Hawker (attempting Atlantic flight crossing) went missing – mourned – but picked up by small ship with restricted wireless.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1919 content – fun!