Life Magazine – September 2, 1909 (# 1401) – Rabbit Pirate

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Cover : Very cool art of Pirate rabbit holding smoking pistol, with knife in his teeth, art by R. B. Robinson (probably NOT Robert Bernard Robinson).

– SPEED AND SPORT NUMBER.
– Full page color ads for Pierce Arrow (Lovely artwork by Adolph Treidler that includes woman in purple dress holding a small dog), Peerless Motor Car Company (Nice art of car in front of grand house with brick façade).
– Full page black and white ads for Houpt Motor Cars (all text), Franklin Automobiles (mostly text), Locomobile (with a full page PHOTO of car on country lane, license plate 19927), Anderson Carriage Company (electric car ad, dark blue and white).
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (August), Harrison Cady (Landscape format : The original metropolitan handicap – mammoth wins by a tusk).
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart (What Nero Missed … races with cars).
– Some current events include : Congressman Gillette of Massachusetts complains about all the advertisements disfiguring the landscape; Tammany and city politics; Reform in city government; Current impatience with the mischiefs done by alcohol.
– Half page photo from Life’s Fresh Air Farm of kids lining up for dinner.
– And much more 1909   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!