Life Magazine – May 31, 1928 (# 2378) – Will Rogers

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Cover : Will Rogers accepts the nomination, art by Adolph Treidler.

– Full page color ads for Seiberling All-treads tires (with small golfing artwork by (possibly) Sundblom, Packard automobiles (With gorgeous orange and black car plus an upper artwork panel about Repousse, Lucky Strike Cigarettes (with actress Mary Nash in an orange gown).
– A number of things related to Will Rogers becoming a Presidential candidate, including a photograph of him.
– Full page black and white ads for Atwater Kent Radios, Metropolitan Life Insurance (Doctor Sun), Pierce-Arrow cars (Where Pierce-Arrow loyalty is great),
– Neighborhood News includes : Indianapolis – Several readers have inquired as to whether Kenyon and Meredith Nicholson are any relation to each other.  No, they are no relation.  Kenyon is a playwright and Meredith is a Democrat.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Wally Wallgren (Opening of the season in Spain : the Mayor of Madrid throws out the first bull), C. H. Sykes (The month),
– Some current events include : Writer Heywood Broun, Sacco – Vanzetti case, The falls of the Prince of Wales in horse races, Newspapers must still publish even when there is no real news.
– Quarter page comic art by Dr. Seuss, “Don’t worry, Papa, Willie just swallowed a bug, and I’m having him gargle with Flit.”
– And much, much more.

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