Life Magazine – May 1935 (# 2602) – Unnecessary sun dial

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Cover : Cosmopolitan woman redecorating her large balcony and having a workman move a sun dial to and fro to find the best spot, behind her are many city towers, each with a prominent clock, art by Ned Hilton.

– Full page color Rittenhouse Square Whisky and Dixie Belle Distilled dry gin ad (interesting bottles), General Dual-Balloon tires (art not signed), Body by Fisher ad with small girl coloring, Old Overholt Rye ad (gold tone ad), Seagram’s V. O. whiskey, Old Gold cigarettes ad with lovely art by Petty (retired skipper and young lady), Mount Vernon whiskey ad (art by Albert Dorne),  Paul Jones whiskey ad with positively lovely art of jockey on race horse at end of race (not signed).
– Full page black and white ads for Ipana toothpaste (dental cripple), Crab Orchard whiskey, Listerine toothpaste with Percy Rivington Pyne, Penn Maryland blended whiskey ad, Panama Pacific intercoastal ship line, Ethyl gasoline.
– The American Scene 3, full page color, landscape format, “Baptism in Kansas,” by John Steuart Curry.
– Check room phobia by Everett Freeman.
– Our native industries, part 4 : Sidewalk Snappers, Photographers, by Irving D. Tressler.
– Full page art or cartoon art by George Eggleston (Woman with bad eyesight and poor skills practicing archery).
– A number of photos from the boys’ and girls’ Life’s Fresh Air camps for poor city kids, includes boats, Pine Knoll Camp, Camp Ossipee.
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with various sports champions like Harold Kruger (swimmer and water polo star), Frank Copeland (billiards), Ellsworth Vines, Jr. (tennis), Helen Hicks (golf), Bill Miller (crewer).
– And many small artworks, cartoons, humorous short pieces.
– And much more 1935   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!