Life Magazine – May 14, 1925 (# 2219) – Rea Irvin – Nautical Number

– NAUTICAL NUMBER (much on the sea and boating).
– Full page color Cadillac Coach car ad with green car on black background, horses, family going to the park.
– Full page art or cartoon art by S. F. (Hart Schaffner & Marx mens suits ad), Ellison Hoover (An impression of Venice by one who has never been there), Fred G. Cooper (A maritime marvel), C. H. Sykes (Der Tag : I hear you calling me!), P. L. Crosby (Skippy : just wait’ll one o’ them hits me!).
– The Rover and Over Boys, by Corey Ford, volume 1 : a crew race and what followed (besides the other crew).
– Humorous page on the “Lost language” Semi-Huinty.
– Two page centerspread art by Anton Otto Fischer, “Overdue,” Father and his anxious daughter using a spy glass to inspect a ship on the horizon.
– Some current events include : Volstead law, “There were far too many barrooms, too much rum drunk, too many men that did not report for work on Monday morning,”  Hindenburg elected as President of Germany, Harvard Lampoon has been allowing the Boston police and United State post office practice in censorship.
– Very nice full page color Pierce-Arrow car ad with art by Edwin Henry, two friends greeting woman arriving in yellow-green car.
– Full page color Listerine ad with art by Maximilian Fyscher (Looks like that).
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1925 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!