Life Magazine – November 9, 1911 (# 1515) – Wall Street Number

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Cover : Working man looking at stock ticker tape, “When Greek meets Greek,” art by Wildhack (good example of his pawprint mark).

– WALL STREET NUMBER (much on stocks, stock brokers, investing and such).
– Full page Sanitol tooth paste ad with fade-out style art.
– Full page Locomobile ad with the 1912 four passenger Torpedo.
– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (Hupp-Yeats electric car ad), Arthur Young (The animals he meets when he has money to invest), Angus MacDonall (The winner and the losers, landscape format – this art is applicable in 2011), R. Pechner (possibly)(On a margin).
– Full page COLOR art by Rea Irvin, “… is it the only pattern you have?”, white hunter talking to native painting a tiger skin.
– Full page color art by Paul Goold, “The first bear raid,” bear carrying off pig from fort.
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker, “To the slaughter,” lambs running down Wall Street, vertical format.
– Some current events include : La Follette’s tale in the American Magazine, Insurgent Senator Cummins of Iowa, John Gates and his wire factories, Taft needs to cut short his Western Trip and return to Washington.
– Full page color Oldsmobile car ad, Going Down Fifth Avenue, nice art by George Gibbs.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!