Life Magazine – May 11, 1916 (# 1750) – Lusitania Number

– LUSITANIA NUMBER.
– Full page color Richmond straight cut cigarettes with famous old trademark portrait.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Marcus (The anniversary … of the sinking of the Lusitania), Harry Grant Dart (Only a bird in a gilded cage),
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker (The Day in Germany : May 7, 1915 to May 7, 1916).
– Full page Republic Motor Trucks ad with truck from “Roberts Sash & Door company” of Chicago.
– Some current events include : The British Failure, Defeat before Bagdad, Sinn Fein outbreak in Dublin, Justice Daniel Cohalan, Joseph Pulitzer bought the World.
– Full page color Milo Cigarettes ad, “The Marathon Race,” art by Otho Cushing.
– Very nice full page color Baker Electrics ad with picking wildflowers scene, “Utility,” with the wagon or carriage with a driver holding a whip, or “box on H” artist’s glyph.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1916 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!