Life Magazine – November 8, 1929 (# 2453)

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Cover : Woman gazing at lots of portraits of pilots, “Air minded,” art by Russell Patterson.

– Full page color College Inn Tomato Juice Cocktail ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by John Held Jr. (Timken Bearings ad), Kemp Starrett (Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag … wounded veterans), R. B. Fuller (Shipwrecked mariner : I wonder if Minnie got that electric refrigerator …), Gardner Rea (Impressions of Magazine Offices : Adventure), d’Egville (The drawer that wouldn’t close), Dr. Seuss (Life’s Educational Charts : a foolproof system for cheating at Solitaire), Ralph Barton (Dear, Dear Mrs. Fiske, Ladies of the Jury).
– Short story by Bennie Benson, A Rooster Named Emma.
– Two page centerspread art by Kemp Starrett, “Mine eyes have seen the glory.”
– Some current events include : Not going to be a tariff, Mr. Eyanson of the Connecticut Manufacturer’s Association, Dry forces staged a show on the Hoboken front, Federal Reserve Board, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka returned from Alaska.
– Full page color Crane bathroom fixtures ad.
– Full page color Lucky Strike cigarettes ad with beach art by Winsor McCay.
– And so much more!  1929 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!