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Life Magazine – November 19, 1908 (# 1360) – New Sheath Skirt
$38.00
Magazine Condition : Good
1 in stock
Description
Cover : Life’s cupid buttoning up a lady’s fancy gown, “A labor of love,” art by Raymond Moreau Crosby.
– Full page color ads for Baker Electric Vehicles (Lovely pastel art of ladies getting into Baker Four Passenger Coupe, the Aristocrats of Motordom), Williams’ toiletries.
– Full page black and white ads for American Motor Car Company (with art of six different cars with prices), Prudential Life Insurance.
– Full page art or cartoon art by James Montgomery Flagg (All in the same boat).
– Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell, Ladies (all holding up the bottoms of their skirts for ease of movement) are gathered at a shop window looking at a new fashion that has a slit skirt (showing an ankle), The immodesty of the sheath skirt is repellant to American Women.
– Half page artwork of fanciful flying machine / airplane by J. Conacher with humorous commentary by the pessimist.
– Some current events include : The Democratic party is demoralized by the results of the recent election, Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, President Eliot of Harvard resigns, President Roosevelt is an editor of the Outlook.
– And much, much more.
