Life Magazine – November, 1932 (# 2572)

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Cover : Lady dressed as the Statue of Liberty reclining on grand piano as Uncle Sam plays it, Of thee I sing, cover art modeled by Lester Gaba.

– Full page color ads for Barbasol (cartoon format), Ethyl gasoline, Camel cigarettes.
– Full page ads for Walter J. Black One Volume Editions of the world’s greatest artists, Squibb Dental Cream (with Milk of Magnesia), Metropolitan Life Insurance, National Carbon Company (Union Carbide, 2 pages about anti-freeze), SPUD cigarettes, Listerine deodorant with nice art (Signature starts with DAR), Life’s 50th anniversary issue (art by Viale).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Geo. T. Eggleston (Impressions of Magazine Offices “Babies – Just Babies”), R D (Probably Robert Day, Now he’s talking), Tony Balcom (H. T. Webster as a tintype, with large article about Webster), Jefferson Machamer (Polly, 2 pages), Harry Haenigsen (Lots of theatrics but real talent underneath?), Edwina (Sinbad … all ready for the big game, football), G. S. Sherwood (from Punch … foundation digger says he is laying his mate’s canary to rest).
– Some current events include : James J. Walker resigned his post and McKee took over, Tammany, Entanglement of the Administration with the bonus people is interesting.
– “The World-War draft was so big, including so many million men, that the organization of so many of them for raids on the taxpayers’ money is nothing less than alarming.”
– If individuals acted like nations, “Boy is our family broke!  But we’re certainly economizing! Yes, the kids are gong to go without milk or cream on their cereal from now on.  That’ll help a lot towards that $5,000 siege gun. … “
– This issue includes a list of many of the contributors towards Life’s Fresh Air Camps for kids and they include Mrs. B. S. Hurlbut of Cambridge MA, Miss T. F. Mallaby of Nutley NJ, Miss W. F. Coolbaugh of Chicago IL, Mrs. L. C. Kleinhaus of Toms River NJ, Mrs. Thomas R. Bard of Hueneme CA.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1932 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!