Life Magazine – November 4, 1926 (# 2296) – Odd Number

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Cover : Clearly ditzy girl, “Guaranteed to make no sense,” art by the excellent John Held Jr.
 
– ODD NUMBER.
– Full page color ads for Parker Duofold Desk Sets (some color), Willys-Knight Great Six (six famous people endorse it, including Mary Roberts Rinehart and Ethel Barrymore), Camel cigarettes (Thanksgiving feast art).
– Full page black and white ads for Bujold Wheel Company (going to be used on all Studebaker cars), French Line cruises (with art of North African scene), Mimeograph (pulling power), Eastman Kodak, Body by Fisher (art by McClelland Barclay), Fred & Barton silverware (The story of the fork No. 1, very entertaining, actually!), Gillette razors.
– Full page art or cartoon art by John Held (Vote for Held, spoof cover of Congressional Record and photo of Held, spoofing a run for Congress), C. H. Sykes (Show me the way to go home … Republican campaign).
– Two page centerspread art by Ralph Barton (Session of the council of the League of Nations, November 1, 1930).
– Unusual cartoon stretching from upper left to lower right on a page, by Storm (probably George Storm), “Look out below”.
– Some current events include : Prohibition and Senator Wadsworth, A European Queen visits the United States.
– One third page artwork by Bruce Bairnsfather  with car that looks VERY similar to the one in the Farr “back seat drivers” cartoon in Life, August 25, 1927, like a convertible bus with seats that are higher in the back.
– And much more 1926   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!