Life Magazine – March 2, 1911 (# 1479) – Peacock Number

– PEACOCK NUMBER.
– Pretty Full page purple and green Armour and Company Toilet articles ad for heliotrope scent.
– Very cool full page Packard Motor Car company ad with Union Railway company truck with interesting platform for working on the electric line serving the electric rail trolley.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (February), Otho Cushing (1775 – Stamp Act – 1911, how our forefathers would have dealt with it – Boston tea party).
– Two page centerspread art by William L. Jacobs (In to Dinner).
– Some current events include : Administration proposes to quadruple the rate of postage for mailing magazines, Perhaps the President and Mr. Hitchcock (of the post office) are out to squelch the muck-rakers, Establishment of parcel post rate should come soon.
– Interesting full page ad with Civil War Photos for the war photos of Mathew Brady.
– Full page color Columbia Phonograph ad with gorgeous photo of Lina Cavalieri.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1911 content – fun!