Life Magazine – March 19, 1908 (# 1325) – St. Patrick’s Day
$32.00
Magazine Condition : Fair (All Very Good, but has mild corner water mark)
1 in stock
Categories: LIFE 1908, LIFE Magazine 1883-1936
Tags: LIFE 1908, LIFE Magazine
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Cover : Little Leprechaun playing huge harp, art by James Montgomery Flagg.
– SAINT PATRICK’S DAY NUMBER.
– Full page color ad for Mitchell Motor Car company with three small vintage photos in color and lovely larger art of the car in color.
– Two page centerspread art by Geo W. Barratt, “Those who dance must pay the piper,” sad group of people walking along the road next to sign “ten miles to order.”
– Interesting quarter page ad for Pompeian Massage Cream, “Gives a clear, fresh, velvety skin,” “Rub out, to-night, the wrinkles of today,” ” Comparisons may be odious, but they are human.”
– Half page artwork by Bayard Jones showing a poor gentleman resting precariously on the supports under a rail car, “To exchange – a lower berth for an upper.”
– Current events include : Prohibition, Calvinist scheme of salvation, Race track question (is it right to race horses?), The basic principle of current reformers = “All men are natural criminals and belong in jail.”
– Much more.
– Much more.