Life Magazine – March 14, 1918 (# 1846) – First aid dog in war

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Cover : Soldier standing sentry duty in the winter letting a first aid dog pass by, “Pass, Friend,” art by Calvert (this is possibly Cecil Calvert Beall).

– Full page color Murad Turkish Cigarette ad with art that looks like block printing or linotype, signature looks like J. W. MIC.
– Full page Miller Tires ad, Miller Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio.
– Illustrators include Crawford Young, Lang Campbell, Will Vawter (half page), Donald McKee, Reginald Bathurst Birch (full page, probably, very neat signature), Power O’Malley, J. Conacher, Angus MacDonall, R. B. Fuller, Rea Irvin, Tousey, Will Yawter, Paul Reilly, A. B. Walker, Harry Grant Dart (full page), E. Foster Lincoln, Walter De Maris, and many more.
– Half page Thermoid Rubber Company ad, Thermoid Hydraulic Compressed 100% brake lining.
– Very nice full page Liggett & Myers Tobacco company ad, art by M. Leone Bracker.
– Concerning the waywardness of children.
– Poem by Laura Simmons, the Muleteer (U.S. Expeditionary Forces).
– The churches and the war.
– Editorial comments pertain to Germans, the Great War, Russia, Building up a big war machine, more.
– Two page center spread by Charles Dana Gibson, “The opportunity of a lifetime.”
– The French Babies Fund, including photos of Lucien Haas, Collette Boe, Helene Boyenval.
– Half page Colt Patent Firearms ad.
– Full page ad for the magazine “The Delineator” for April 1918.
– Full page color Pall Mall cigarettes ad with neat night time art.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1918 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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