Life Magazine – March 28, 1918 (# 1848) – Hijinks with Police

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Cover : Little boy sneaking up on a policeman, as his little friends watch, to stick an “April Fool” sign on his back.  The policeman, who is looking in a store window, is watching the boy in the reflection, “April Fool,” art by J. R. Shaver.

– Full page color ads for Templar Motors (nice yellow car on sage green background), Victor Victrola.
– Full page ads for Locomobile, Robbins & Myers Motors (not signed), Weed Tire Chains, United States Tires.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Walter de Maris (The Vow, Soldier shaking fist in direction of enemy while his partner tends dying woman), Harry Grant Dart (Where the blow falls hardest : Prohibition hitting Congress), H. I. Connet (probably)(Uncle Sam’s Service Flag … Sam looking at the night sky), Harry Grant Dart (Uncle Sam thinks Woodrow, who is only two years behind, needs assistance).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, On the March, Lady Liberty leading the citizenry of the United States.
– Some current events include : Peacetime Germany gone into the hands of the receiver War, Germany is bankrupt in all way … money, trade, honor, reputation, No sign of Germans accepting the peace deal, The matter of army doctors’ rank.
– And much, much more.

Want to read more?  Click —>  Life magazine cover artist J. R. Shaver.