Life Magazine – May 30, 1918 (# 1857) – Norman Rockwell – American soldiers welcome in Europe

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Cover : Little Dutch (?) girl repairing a young soldier’s hat, “Her adopted son,” art by Norman Rockwell.  Note, the tone of the cover art has minor variations and the artist signature doesn’t show in the darker variations.

– Full page color ads for Marmon 34 cars (with brown limousine on black background), Pall Mall cigarettes (Royal British Flying Corps).
– Full page ads for Weed Chains (American Chain Company, signature not quite legible, includes ARNE), Reed and Barton Jewelers and Silversmiths, Life art prints.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Ellison Hoover (two pages, What happened to Gott.), Harry Grant Dart (Shall I court martial him? …).
– Small photos of fatherless French children, Baby 2005 Georgina Dagnet, Baby 2356 Henri Guillemont with his family.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, In the Shipyard, Uncle Sam and Labor using a huge cross-cut saw to cut up a German submarine.
– Some current events include : Great Red Cross parade in New York with the President, Overman bill, New Ships every day, Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford University.
– And much, much more.