Life Magazine – November 11, 1909 (# 1411) – Horse Show Number

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Cover : Lovely young woman and her horse have just won First Place at a horse show, another disgruntled competitor looks on (or, perhaps he thinks the purpose of the show is to show off young ladies), GREAT art by Henry Hutt.

– HORSE SHOW NUMBER.
– Full page blue ad for the PLM Railway company of France : Paris Lyon Mediterranee, with photos of Nice, the Esterel, Cannes, Chamonix.
– Interesting half page Chesterfield dress shirt ad with unsigned art, certainly looks like Leyendecker.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Orson Lowell (Father asking daughter what she sees in “that second-hand, broken-down, shop-worn old piece, rickety in the legs” (her fiancé).  She replies, “Can it be that I have inherited your passion for antiques?”).
– Two page centerspread art by Herbert Johnson, Equus Moriturus Salutat.
– Some current events include : Money and Life, The wife of an extremely rich man is suing for divorce, Prosperous families are enviable but overrich families are not, Are our very rich fellow citizens a credit to us and our country?
– Full page color ads for Hartford Tires, Oldsmobile (nice art but not signed).
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!