Life Magazine – September 16, 1920 (# 1976) – Smoke ring

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Cover : Mother holding switch and looking on in disbelief as her son proclaims innocence about smoking, behind him his dropped cigarette is sending up smoke which has formed a halo around his head, “Holy Smoke,” art by Angus MacDonall.

– Full page color ads for Michelin universal cord tires (Friends for life), Cole Aero-eight (cream car on red on green, Sportsedan), Pierce-Arrow cars (GORGEOUS yellow car in autumn scene, new pleasure to touring, art by C. L. Cole or C. I. Cole).

– Full page black and white ads for Lincoln Motor Company (with photo of plant in Detroit … it is huge!), Mimeograph (Hinges, art by RFH), Addressograph (Saves $230,000 for Hearst publications), Chandler Six (Famous for its marvelous motor, signed but faint, probably Herbert B, Herbert Becker??), Warren’s standard printing papers (A craftsman’s opportunity), Simmons beds, U.S. Pneumatic truck tires.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Gluyas Williams (Campaign photography), Louis Raemaekers (What central Europe has got from its Kaiserism), Angus MacDonall (Building : great care in building some property, but great lack of care in building others, poor kids pulling a cart of scraps for their house while passing a monumental building under construction), H. T. Webster (boy cleaning fish in a cloud of insects, Life’s Darkest Moments), Charles Dana Gibson (playing bridge versus making love), Charles Forbell (Getting even with the brute who cornered the food supply).

– Two page centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson, Broken down car blocking the road for a horse-drawn hay cart, Don’t you know it’s against the law to block the way?

– Some current events include : Republican campaign funds, Presidential campaign, League of Nations, Japanese have approved of hara-kiri (ritual suicide), Hunger strikes, Mayor of Cork, Ireland is a hornets’ nest.

– And much, much more.