Life Magazine – September 2, 1920 (# 1974) – Horses and Horse Statue

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Cover : Little boy showing a horse statue to the horses in the barn, “Kinsfolk,” art by Victor C. Anderson.

– Full page color ads for Michelin Tire Company (full-size tubes, some color), Prudential Insurance Company (artist appears to be the same as the F. M. in Life August 26, 1920 – who knows this artist’s name?, style is short ink lines with wash of cloth over them), Ward’s Lemon Crush soda, Charms fruit candies, Mercer Motors Company (with soft autumn art of car driving in country), Rigaud perfume, Clicquot Club ginger Ale (art of Eskimo child and tennis game), Curtice Brothers and Blue Label Foods, La Creole hair products (art by C. F. Church), United States Rubber Company tires, Nordyke & Marmon cars (yellow car on black background).
– Full page black and white ads for Columbia Motors Company (nice art of man driving car in Japanese scene with woman with sun umbrella, art by N. A.), Martin & Martin shoes, Raybestos Company brake lining, Stutz cars (excellent art of country mansion with cars), Chase Drednaut motor topping (car roofing), Lincoln Motor Company (with photos of men who sell the cars in various cities, with names).
– Full page art or cartoon art by H. T. Webster (The moose call – strange political art with elephant wearing moose antlers), Gluyas Williams (Senator Sounder shows up the League), J. R. Shaver (The new cop), Charles Dana Gibson (The eyes have it), F. T. Richards (August), Louis Raemaekers (Russian democracy under the spell of Bolshevist music).
– Cute 2/3 page artwork by Harrison Cady, Beetleburgh falls from grace.
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall, wife chasing husband out of house with a broom, “And they lived happily ever after.”
– Some current events include : Republicans are not happy with the choices on the current election ticket (sounds like 2016), Democrats are much more cheerful, Governor Cox, The Poles have managed to stand off the Bolshevists from Warsaw, The critical case of impending self-determination in Ireland (Ulster, Sinn Fein, Dominion Home Rule), Marcus F. Garvey and the Negro convention, We do not want mulatto or mestizo civilizations.
– And much more 1920   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!